on the second play against the Bears when his leg bent awkwardly on the tackle.

Wallabies flanker David Pocock says he and fellow breakdown specialist Michael Hooper will continue to work on their back-row combination as pressure mounts on the dual-fetcher setup.Both men have struggled to repeat their dynamic performances from last years Rugby World Cup in the Rugby Championship, leading to calls for the Wallabies to field a more traditional back-row that could see either Pocock or Hooper demoted to the bench for Saturdays clash with the Springboks.The Wallabies lost a number of lineouts against the All Blacks in twin Bledisloe defeats and asked few questions of the world champions defence, while Hooper and Pocock were unable to assert themselves at the breakdown -- an art they perfected when dubbed Pooper last year.But Pocock believes that lack of impact at the breakdown may in part be down to the improving tackle skills of all players, rather than those usually associated with just the back-row.Im not sure, I think most teams are still looking to have that on-the-ball presence and a lot of players across the field are starting to get a lot better at it, Pocock said when asked about the changing patterns of breakdown play.A few props, hookers, some of the outside backs; against England they had a number of guys who were getting good turnovers against us.The All Blacks have pressured the ball with their second-rowers; Sam Canes pretty handy in that area, too. So I think theres definitely a role for it, a lot of it depends on, I dont know, the amount of space the opposition team gives in that area.The Wallabies have lost their last six Tests while the South Africans are coming off a last-start loss to Argentina, the second defeat of Allister Coetzees short coaching tenure.The Springboks are without the injured No.8 Duane Vermeulen, with Warren Whiteley, Oupa Mahoje and Francois Louw starting against the Pumas two weeks ago. Both Louw and Whiteley are additional lineout options to locks Eben Etzebeth and Lood de Jager, giving the Springboks the chance to repeat the All Blacks set-piece dominance of the Wallabies come Saturday in Brisbane.While he wouldnt be drawn on the make-up of the Wallabies back-row - and the need to combat the Springboks lineout superiority -- Pocock had nothing but praise for teammate Hooper.I really enjoy playing alongside Hoops, I mean his work-rate is huge, Pocock said.If you look at just the metres he gets through, the ground that he covers; its pretty impressive. I certainly enjoy playing alongside him.Selections issues: youve got to talk to the people making the decisions. But as a player, you know I am really enjoying playing alongside him and well keep working hard on that combination and trying to make it better and improve it.Wallabies coach Michael Cheika will name his squad on Thursday. Chaz Roe Rays Jersey . 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Like we always do, learn from things and get better. Nobody lost any sleep. Were moving on to San Fran trying to continue to keep progressing in the season.Bryant was injured on a catch on the second play against the Bears when his leg bent awkwardly on the tackle. He returned in the first quarter and caught the first scoring pass of the season for the Cowboys in the fourth quarter of the 31-17 win.While not declaring himself out Sunday, Bryant said he wanted to be cautious because he trusted his teammates to keep winning. Jones said it was a question of pain tolerance and not an issue of whether Bryant could damage the bone worse by playing.The Cowboys (2-1) have won two straight games with rookie quarterback Dak Prescott, double the number of wins they had in 14 games without Tony Romo going back to 2013.dddddddddddd Romo is out after breaking a bone in his back in a preseason game.Dallas lost four straight games without Romo and Bryant early last season after the first of Romos two broken left collarbones.The mentality weve been building since this offseason is tremendous, and I feel like any guy that steps in there if anyone goes down, going to step up and do his job, Bryant said. Thats just something that we build around here.Jones defended Bryant while saying his decision to stay away from the team for two days was not the way wed like to have done it ideally.Hes very genuine, Jones said. And thats why his teammates think of him as they do. Theres probably understanding as to why he would be having kind of an emotional decision as to whether to face the music or not and getting the MRI. Im sure he would kind of like to have it go away.Like Bryant, Pro Bowl left tackle Tyron Smith is listed as questionable after missing practice all week with a back problem. Smiths back tightened up late last week, causing him to miss the Chicago game.Cornerback Orlando Scandrick, nursing injuries to both hamstrings, is questionable after being limited in practice all week. He missed the game against the Bears as well.---Online:AP NFL website: www.pro32.ap.org and www.twitter.com/AP-NFL---Follow Schuyler Dixon on Twitter at https://twitter.com/apschuyler ' ' '