Koch benefits from Bok about-turn on overseas-based players

FILE PHOTO: Rugby Union - London Irish vs Harlequins - London, Sept. 2, 2017 Saracens' Vincent Koch scores a try. Action Images/Henry Browne/File Photo

PORT ELIZABETH, South Africa (Reuters) - Prop Vincent Koch feared he had lost out on any further opportunity to play test rugby when South Africa introduced strict selection criteria for overseas-based players.

But an about-turn by the South African Rugby Union has allowed the Saracens prop to return to the Springboks, where he has a chance over the next fortnight to add to his nine caps.