Rugby Union | Ireland tour, 1979 | Oldest appearance

Player	Pos	Age	Team	Ground	Date	Match
CMH Gibson	C	36y 195d	Ireland	Sydney	16 Jun 1979	Details
SJ Pilecki	P	32y 132d	Australia	Sydney	16 Jun 1979	Details
G Fay	L	31y 53d	Australia	Brisbane	3 Jun 1979	Details
MI Keane	L	30y 324d	Ireland	Sydney	16 Jun 1979	Details
HW Steele	L	30y 285d	Ireland	Sydney	16 Jun 1979	Details
JEC Meadows	P	30y 134d	Australia	Sydney	16 Jun 1979	Details
JF Slattery	F	30y 124d	Ireland	Sydney	16 Jun 1979	Details
JJ Moloney	W	29y 293d	Ireland	Sydney	16 Jun 1979	Details
WP Duggan	N8	29y 96d	Ireland	Sydney	16 Jun 1979	Details
PA Orr	P	28y 184d	Ireland	Sydney	16 Jun 1979	Details
LE Monaghan	FB	28y 28d	Australia	Sydney	16 Jun 1979	Details
BP Cooke	FB	27y 121d	Australia	Brisbane	3 Jun 1979	Details
RG Hauser	SH	27y 77d	Australia	Sydney	16 Jun 1979	Details
CF Fitzgerald	H	27y 12d	Ireland	Sydney	16 Jun 1979	Details
GAJ McLoughlin	P	27y 5d	Ireland	Sydney	16 Jun 1979	Details
G Cornelsen	F	26y 291d	Australia	Sydney	16 Jun 1979	Details
PP McNaughton	C	26y 210d	Ireland	Sydney	16 Jun 1979	Details
WA McKid	C	26y 140d	Australia	Sydney	16 Jun 1979	Details
AA Shaw	F	26y 85d	Australia	Sydney	16 Jun 1979	Details
KS Besomo	L	26y 8d	Australia	Sydney	16 Jun 1979	Details
PE McLean	FH	25y 247d	Australia	Sydney	16 Jun 1979	Details
JB O'Driscoll	F	25y 202d	Ireland	Sydney	16 Jun 1979	Details
PW McLean	L	25y 128d	Australia	Sydney	16 Jun 1979	Details
SO Campbell	FH	25y 103d	Ireland	Sydney	16 Jun 1979	Details
ME Loane	N8	24y 340d	Australia	Sydney	16 Jun 1979	Details
TJ Kennedy	W	24y 240d	Ireland	Sydney	16 Jun 1979	Details
CS Patterson	SH	24y 105d	Ireland	Sydney	16 Jun 1979	Details
PJ Crowe	W	23y 232d	Australia	Sydney	16 Jun 1979	Details
FNG Ennis	(FB)	23y 161d	Ireland	Brisbane	3 Jun 1979	Details
RC O'Donnell	FB	22y 304d	Ireland	Sydney	16 Jun 1979	Details
WS Ross	H	22y 200d	Australia	Sydney	16 Jun 1979	Details
BJ Moon	W	20y 249d	Australia	Sydney	16 Jun 1979	Details
AC Melrose	C	19y 282d	Australia	Sydney	16 Jun 1979	Details

Only the player's most recent appearance listed

Records include the following current or recent matches:

Australia v Ireland at Sydney, 2nd Test, Jun 16, 1979 [3-9 FT]

Australia v Ireland at Brisbane, 1st Test, Jun 3, 1979 [12-27 FT]