George Philip "Butch" Lochner (born 1 February 1931 in Stellenbosch) is a former South Africa

South Africa

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n international rugby union

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 player. He made nine appearances for the Springboks

South Africa national rugby union team

The South African national rugby union team are 2009 British and Irish Lions Series winners. They are currently ranked as the fourth best team in the IRB World Rankings and were named 2008 World Team of the Year at the prestigious Laureus World Sports Awards.Although South Africa was instrumental...

 between 1955 and 1958, mostly as a number eight. He also scored two tries

Try

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 during his international career, at a time when tries were worth three points. Lochner, who studied agriculture at the University of Stellenbosch, started playing provincial rugby with Western Province

Western Province (rugby team)

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 in 1951, before moving to Boland

Boland Cavaliers

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 in 1954. He made his international debut for South Africa during the 3rd Test

Test match (rugby union)

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 of the 1955 British Lions tour

1955 British Lions tour to South Africa

In 1955 the British Lions rugby union team toured Southern and Eastern Africa. The Lions drew the test series against , each team winning two of the four matches. They won the first test by a single point and the third by three points and lost the second and fourth matches by wider margins...

 at the Loftus Versfeld Stadium

Loftus Versfeld Stadium

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, Pretoria

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Pretoria is a city located in the northern part of Gauteng Province, South Africa. It is one of the country's three capital cities, serving as the executive and de facto national capital; the others are Cape Town, the legislative capital, and Bloemfontein, the judicial capital.Pretoria is...

. The match was won by the Lions, giving them a 2–1 lead in the four Test series. He was not selected for the 4th Lions Test, but was included in the squad for the 1956 tour of Australia and New Zealand

1956 South Africa rugby union tour of Australia and New Zealand

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. He played in all six of the tour Tests, including two victories over Australia

Australia national rugby union team

The Australian national rugby union team is the representative side of Australia in rugby union. The national team is nicknamed the Wallabies and competes annually with New Zealand and South Africa in the Tri-Nations Series, in which they also contest the Bledisloe Cup with New Zealand and the...

. After Australia, the Springboks travelled to New Zealand to compete in a four Test Series. Following a loss in Dunedin

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 and a win in Wellington

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, the series with the All Blacks was level going in to the 3rd Test at Lancaster Park, Christchurch

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. Lochner, playing as a flanker, scored a try as South Africa lost the match 17–10. New Zealand went on to win the series 3–1. He then played in both Tests of France

France national rugby union team

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's 1958 tour

1958 France rugby union tour of South Africa

-Results:-First Test:-----Second Test:-Forwards:Raoul BarrièreJean BartheRobert BaulonJean CarrèreLouis CasauxMichel CelayaPierre DanosJean DupuyLouis EchavePierre FremauxJean de GrogorioAndré HagetPierre LacazePierre Lacroix...

. He scored a try in the opening match, a 3–3 draw at Newlands Stadium

Newlands Stadium

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, Cape Town

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, before making his final appearance as a Springbok in the 2nd Test at Ellis Park

Ellis Park Stadium

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, Johannesburg

Johannesburg

Johannesburg also known as Jozi, Jo'burg or Egoli, is the largest city in South Africa, by population. Johannesburg is the provincial capital of Gauteng, the wealthiest province in South Africa, having the largest economy of any metropolitan region in Sub-Saharan Africa...

. France won the game to take the series 1–0.