Rugby Union | 1970s | Oldest appearance

Player	Pos	Age	Team	Opposition	Ground	Date	Match
AG Faulkner	P	37y 355d	Wales	v France	Parc des Princes	17 Feb 1979	Details
J McLauchlan	P	37y 210d	Scotland	v New Zealand	Murrayfield	10 Nov 1979	Details
CMH Gibson	C	36y 195d	Ireland	v Australia	Sydney	16 Jun 1979	Details
JS Millar	P	35y 295d	Ireland	v Wales	Lansdowne Road	14 Mar 1970	Details
FCH du Preez	L	35y 252d	South Africa	v Australia	Sydney	7 Aug 1971	Details
RJ McLoughlin	P	35y 203d	Ireland	v Wales	Cardiff	15 Mar 1975	Details
RW Norton	H	35y 136d	New Zealand	v Lions	Auckland	13 Aug 1977	Details
CE Meads	L	35y 72d	New Zealand	v Lions	Auckland	14 Aug 1971	Details
JA Nel	N8	35y 32d	South Africa	v New Zealand	Johannesburg	12 Sep 1970	Details
A di Zitti	F	34y 360d	Italy	v Spain	Madrid	14 May 1972	Details
RJ Cowling	P	34y 330d	England	v Ireland	Lansdowne Road	17 Feb 1979	Details
CB Stevens	P	34y 286d	England	v Scotland	Twickenham	15 Mar 1975	Details
WJ McBride	L	34y 282d	Ireland	v Wales	Cardiff	15 Mar 1975	Details
M Sappa	L	34y 266d	France	v Romania	Clermont-Ferrand	10 Dec 1977	Details
AF McHarg	L	34y 231d	Scotland	v England	Twickenham	3 Feb 1979	Details
PJ Dixon	F	34y 209d	England	v New Zealand	Twickenham	25 Nov 1978	Details
JH Ellis	F	34y 201d	South Africa	v New Zealand	Durban	24 Jul 1976	Details
PM McLoughlin	P	34y 162d	Ireland	v Australia	Lansdowne Road	17 Jan 1976	Details
JV Pullin	H	34y 140d	England	v France	Parc des Princes	20 Mar 1976	Details
PG Johnson	H	34y 123d	Australia	v France	Colombes	27 Nov 1971	Details
PA Horton	H	34y 99d	Australia	v Argentina	Buenos Aires	27 Oct 1979	Details
FMD Knill	(P)	34y 75d	Wales	v France	Cardiff	6 Mar 1976	Details
TJ Kiernan	FB	34y 48d	Ireland	v Scotland	Murrayfield	24 Feb 1973	Details
JL Myburgh	P	34y 19d	South Africa	v New Zealand	Johannesburg	12 Sep 1970	Details
AB Carmichael	P	33y 353d	Scotland	v Ireland	Lansdowne Road	21 Jan 1978	Details
SM Going	SH	33y 324d	New Zealand	v Lions	Christchurch	9 Jul 1977	Details
R Luise III	(C)	33y 311d	Italy	v Spain	Ivrea	21 May 1972	Details
KW Kennedy	H	33y 309d	Ireland	v Wales	Cardiff	15 Mar 1975	Details
MK Flynn	C	33y 306d	Ireland	v New Zealand	Lansdowne Road	20 Jan 1973	Details
M Bollesan	F	33y 307d	Italy	v Czech Rep	Reggio di Calabria	10 May 1975	Details
PJ Agnew	P	33y 305d	Ireland	v Australia	Lansdowne Road	17 Jan 1976	Details
I Quaglio	L	33y 288d	Italy	v Romania	Parma	24 Apr 1976	Details
G Cholley	P	33y 284d	France	v Scotland	Parc des Princes	17 Mar 1979	Details
AJFK O'Reilly	W	33y 283d	Ireland	v England	Twickenham	14 Feb 1970	Details
D Shedden	W	33y 270d	Scotland	v Wales	Cardiff	18 Feb 1978	Details
LJ Davis	SH	33y 234d	New Zealand	v Lions	Auckland	13 Aug 1977	Details
JC Davidson	F	33y 226d	Ireland	v New Zealand	Wellington	5 Jun 1976	Details
BA Otano	L	33y 211d	Argentina	v Ox & Camb	Buenos Aires	28 Aug 1971	Details
J Iracabal	(P)	33y 147d	France	v South Africa	Parc des Princes	30 Nov 1974	Details
TGR Davies	W	33y 130d	Wales	v Australia	Sydney	17 Jun 1978	Details
MJ Louw	P	33y 109d	South Africa	v Australia	Sydney	7 Aug 1971	Details
NA MacEwan	F	33y 93d	Scotland	v England	Twickenham	15 Mar 1975	Details
JFK Marais	P	33y 70d	South Africa	v France	Parc des Princes	30 Nov 1974	Details
GV Davis	F	33y 51d	Australia	v New Zealand	Auckland	16 Sep 1972	Details
M Young	SH	33y 30d	England	v Scotland	Twickenham	3 Feb 1979	Details
MG Roberts	L	33y 25d	Wales	v England	Cardiff	17 Mar 1979	Details
RW Windsor	H	33y 17d	Wales	v France	Parc des Princes	17 Feb 1979	Details
I Mazzucchelli	L	33y 0d	Italy	v Romania	Parma	24 Apr 1976	Details
M Luke	H	32y 354d	Canada	v France A	Paris	29 Sep 1979	Details
L Modonesi	FB	32y 332d	Italy	v Czech Rep	Reggio di Calabria	10 May 1975	Details

Only the player's most recent appearance listed

Records include the following current or recent matches:

Italy v Morocco at Benevento, FIRA Championship D1, Dec 22, 1979 [34-6 FT]

Spain v Serbia and Montenegro at Madrid, FIRA Championship D2, Dec 22, 1979 [25-3 FT]

Serbia and Montenegro v Netherlands at Ljubliana, FIRA Championship D2, Dec 16, 1979 [10-6 FT]