Rugby Union | 1900s | Oldest appearance

Player	Pos	Age	Team	Opposition	Ground	Date	Match
F Gardiner	Fwd	34y 293d	Ireland	v France	Lansdowne Road	20 Mar 1909	Details
W Cunningham	L	34y 17d	New Zealand	v Anglo-Welsh	Auckland	25 Jul 1908	Details
J Duncan	FH	33y 276d	New Zealand	v Australia	Sydney	15 Aug 1903	Details
SH Penny	Fwd	33y 94d	England	v Australia	Blackheath	9 Jan 1909	Details
AB Timms	C	33y 16d	Scotland	v England	Richmond	18 Mar 1905	Details
J Braithwaite	SH	32y 225d	England	v New Zealand	Crystal Palace	2 Dec 1905	Details
BS Massey	Fwd	32y ?d	Britain	v Australia	Sydney	30 Jul 1904	Details
ASJ Gralton	SH	32y 187d	Australia	v New Zealand	Sydney	15 Aug 1903	Details
A Brice	Fwd	32y 171d	Wales	v Ireland	Belfast	12 Mar 1904	Details
EG Nicholls	C	32y 139d	Wales	v South Africa	Swansea	1 Dec 1906	Details
RM Owen	SH	32y 116d	Wales	v Ireland	Swansea	13 Mar 1909	Details
H Amand	FH	32y 106d	France	v New Zealand	Parc des Princes	1 Jan 1906	Details
D Gallaher	WF	32y 63d	New Zealand	v France	Parc des Princes	1 Jan 1906	Details
G Travers	H	31y 277d	Wales	v Ireland	Swansea	13 Mar 1909	Details
JM Powell	HB	31y 267d	South Africa	v Britain	Kimberley	5 Sep 1903	Details
HTF Weston	Fwd	31y 243d	England	v Scotland	Blackheath	9 Mar 1901	Details
EE Booth	FB	31y 167d	New Zealand	v Australia	Sydney	10 Aug 1907	Details
BH Heatlie	Fwd	31y 140d	South Africa	v Britain	Cape Town	12 Sep 1903	Details
GA Gillett	WF	31y 93d	New Zealand	v Anglo-Welsh	Auckland	25 Jul 1908	Details
CA Purdue	F	31y 84d	New Zealand	v Australia	Dunedin	2 Sep 1905	Details
J Watts	Fwd	31y ?d	Wales	v Ireland	Swansea	13 Mar 1909	Details
GW Smith	W	31y 66d	New Zealand	v Ireland	Lansdowne Road	25 Nov 1905	Details
HJ Mynott	FH	31y 67d	New Zealand	v Australia	Sydney	10 Aug 1907	Details
A Tedford	Fwd	31y 67d	Ireland	v Wales	Belfast	14 Mar 1908	Details
E Thomas-Maynard	Fwd	30y 357d	Wales	v Ireland	Swansea	13 Mar 1909	Details
JJ Coffey	Fwd	30y 313d	Ireland	v Wales	Belfast	14 Mar 1908	Details
JW Stead	FH	30y 311d	New Zealand	v Anglo-Welsh	Auckland	25 Jul 1908	Details
EJ Jackett	FB	30y 259d	England	v Scotland	Richmond	20 Mar 1909	Details
TW Pearson	W	30y 245d	Wales	v England	Swansea	10 Jan 1903	Details
HV Watkins	Fwd	30y 125d	Wales	v England	Richmond	13 Jan 1906	Details
F Boylan	Fwd	30y ?d	England	v Scotland	Inverleith	21 Mar 1908	Details
RD Wood	Fwd	30y ?d	England	v Ireland	Lansdowne Road	14 Feb 1903	Details
HM Imrie	W	30y ?d	England	v Ireland	Lansdowne Road	9 Feb 1907	Details
W Bancroft	FB	30y 14d	Wales	v Ireland	Swansea	16 Mar 1901	Details
BI Swannell	N8	30y 13d	Australia	v New Zealand	Dunedin	2 Sep 1905	Details
AF Harding	Fwd	29y 352d	Anglo-Welsh	v New Zealand	Auckland	25 Jul 1908	Details
HG Wilson	Fwd	29y 336d	Ireland	v Wales	Swansea	13 Mar 1909	Details
WJ Wallace	FB	29y 330d	New Zealand	v Anglo-Welsh	Wellington	27 Jun 1908	Details
A Amrhein	N8	29y 289d	Germany	v France XV	Paris	14 Oct 1900	Details
A Ross	Fwd	29y 288d	Scotland	v Ireland	Inverleith	27 Feb 1909	Details
W O'Neil	Fwd	29y 283d	Wales	v Ireland	Belfast	14 Mar 1908	Details
FA McMinn	P	29y 277d	New Zealand	v Britain	Wellington	13 Aug 1904	Details
J Baxter	Fwd	29y 275d	England	v Scotland	Inverleith	10 Mar 1900	Details
BJ Fanning	L	29y 276d	New Zealand	v Britain	Wellington	13 Aug 1904	Details
DJ Thomas	Fwd	29y 272d	Wales	v Australia	Cardiff	12 Dec 1908	Details
JJ Robinson	Fwd	29y 260d	England	v Scotland	Inverleith	15 Mar 1902	Details
JJ Hodges	Fwd	29y 238d	Wales	v Ireland	Belfast	10 Mar 1906	Details
EW Lewis	C	29y 237d	France	v England	Parc des Princes	22 Mar 1906	Details
RW McGregor	FB	29y 226d	New Zealand	v Britain	Wellington	13 Aug 1904	Details

Only the player's most recent appearance listed

Records include the following current or recent matches:

Ireland v France at Lansdowne Road, Mar 20, 1909 [19-8 FT]

England v Scotland at Richmond, Home Nations, Mar 20, 1909 [8-18 FT]

Wales v Ireland at Swansea, Home Nations, Mar 13, 1909 [18-5 FT]