Wallabies star David Pocock has taken a swipe at Tony Abbott after the former prime minister urged European leaders to close their borders to asylum seekers.

Pocock is this week preparing to play in what will be the biggest match of his career, the Rugby World Cup final against New Zealand, early on Sunday morning (AEDT), but took the time to react on Twitter to a column by the ABC's Julia Baird about Mr Abbott's remarks.

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The flanker has been in sensational form throughout the World Cup and is tipped by many to be named as the player of the tournament.

Mr Abbott made the comments during a lecture in London earlier this week, when he told conservative politicians to act by "turning around the boats".

He said the concept of traditional humanitarian values was leading Europe into "catastrophic error".

In the opinion piece Baird wrote:

"There are many reasons to carefully monitor borders, and try to stem the numbers of those taking dangerous voyages by sea. The scale of the problem in Europe is immense, and the vastness of the need overwhelming. But what Mr Abbott is dismissing as a naive, wholesome instinct is at the very core of his faith and his church. To shrug off compassion as catastrophic is not just psychologically perilous and theologically dodgy, but politically fraught. And perhaps worst of all, it just makes no sense."

Pocock took aim at the remarks on Twitter, responding to an comment by Baird that said Mr Abbott was denying his faith when he said love thy neighbour excluded refugees.

"You must've missed the translation that says 'love thy (white) neighbour'," he said.

Pocock also linked to a video of comedian Will Ferrell playing George Bush praying to Jesus.

It is not the first time Pocock has weighed into political issues.

He made headlines in 2013 when he refused to get married until same-sex marriage was legal.

He also took place in a protest against the Maules Creek coal mine, chaining himself to machinery and getting arrested last year.

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