Chris Koch (rugby union)

Chris Koch
Full name	Augustus Cristoffel Koch
Date of birth	21 September 1927
Place of birth	Moorreesburg, South Africa
Date of death	21 March 1986 (aged 58)
Place of death	Moorreesburg, South Africa
School	Hoërskool Dirkie Uys
Rugby union career
Position(s)
Position(s)	Prop
International career
Years	Team
1949–60	South Africa

Augustus Cristoffel Koch (21 September 1927 – 21 March 1986) was a South African rugby union international.^[1]

Koch, a farmer from Moorreesburg, played for Boland in the Currie Cup. He was a strong but mobile prop forward and was capped in 22 Test matches for the Springboks from 1949 to 1960, becoming their first player to feature across three decades. He scored five Springboks tries, including a run from the 25-yard line against the British Lions at Ellis Park in 1955, evading three opponents in the process.^[2] His brother Willem was a junior Springbok.^[3]

^ "Union War of Words". The Daily Telegraph. 28 September 1953. p. 19 – via National Library of Australia.
^ Schoeman, Chris (2015). South Africa’s Rugby Legends. Penguin Random House South Africa. ISBN 9781770227897.
^ "Lions VX Praised By South Africans". Nottingham Evening Post. 8 August 1955.

[1] "Union War of Words". The Daily Telegraph. 28 September 1953. p. 19 – via National Library of Australia.

[2] Schoeman, Chris (2015). South Africa’s Rugby Legends. Penguin Random House South Africa. ISBN 9781770227897.

[3] "Lions VX Praised By South Africans". Nottingham Evening Post. 8 August 1955.

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