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