Lieutenant colonel John Berchmans Minch (29 July 1890 — 8 November 1942) was a British Army officer and Ireland international rugby union player of the 1910s.
His family were well known brewers involved with the company Minch Malt.
[1] Minch was the first player of Athy origins to be capped for Ireland, gaining the first of his five caps as a centre against the touring 1912–13 Springboks, while a Bective Rangers player.
[2][1] Mobilised in 1914, Minch was commissioned to the Royal Army Medical Corps Special Reserve, participating in operations against the Mohmands in World War I.
He served again during World War II and died while on active service in India in 1942, aged 52.