Christopher Roche (born 9 September 1958) is an Australian former

rugby union Rugby union, commonly known simply as rugby, is a close-contact team sport that originated at Rugby School in the first half of the 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand. In its m ...

international. Roche was born in Clifton, Queensland, near Toowoomba. After picking up the sport while a boarder at

Downlands College , motto_translation = Strong in Faith , city = Toowoomba , state = Queensland , country = Australia , coordinates = , type = Private, secondar ...

, he made the Australian Schools team in 1975 for a tour of New Zealand, playing as a hooker. He finished his schooling at

Brisbane State High School , motto_translation = Knowledge is Power , city = South Brisbane , state = Queensland , country = Australia , coordinates = , type = Public, selective, co-educational, secondary, ...

, by which time he had established himself as a flanker. Between 1982 and 1984, Roche gained a total of 17 caps for the

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as an open side flanker. He had the distinction of captaining the team in a tour match on Australia's 1984 tour of Fiji. During this period, he also represented his country in multiple editions of the

Hong Kong Sevens The Hong Kong Sevens () is an rugby sevens tournament held annually in Hong Kong on a weekend in late March or early April. Considered the premier tournament on the World Rugby Sevens Series competition, the Hong Kong Sevens is currently the s ...

competition. Roche switched codes in 1985 and competed in the

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Roche, Chris 1958 births Living people Australian rugby union players Australia international rugby union players Rugby union flankers People from the Darling Downs Rugby union players from Queensland People educated at Downlands College People educated at Brisbane State High School Male rugby sevens players Australia international rugby sevens players Australian rugby league players

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