Rugby Union | 1980s | Oldest appearance as a captain

Player	Pos	Age	Team	Opposition	Ground	Date	Match
J Aitkin	P	36y 172d	Scotland	v Romania	Bucharest	12 May 1984	Details
H Porta	FH	36y 57d	Argentina	v Australia	Buenos Aires	7 Nov 1987	Details
PJ Wheeler	H	35y 112d	England	v Wales	Twickenham	17 Mar 1984	Details
S Niebauer	F	34y 361d	USA	v England XV	Hartford	19 Jun 1982	Details
RM Harding	SH	34y 292d	England	v Fiji	Suva	16 Jun 1988	Details
M Luke	H	34y 239d	Canada	v USA	Calgary	6 Jun 1981	Details
WA Anderson	L	34y 229d	Ireland	v New Zealand	Lansdowne Road	18 Nov 1989	Details
H de Goede	L	34y 110d	Canada	v Wales	Invercargill	3 Jun 1987	Details
J Orwin	L	34y 84d	England	v Australia	Sydney	12 Jun 1988	Details
F Murariu	F	34y 46d	Romania	v England	Bucharest	13 May 1989	Details
WP Duggan	N8	33y 357d	Ireland	v Scotland	Lansdowne Road	3 Mar 1984	Details
D Dubroca	H	33y 329d	France	v Wales	Cardiff	19 Mar 1988	Details
CF Fitzgerald	H	33y 284d	Ireland	v Scotland	Lansdowne Road	15 Mar 1986	Details
AF Paoli	P	33y 269d	USA	v Canada	Victoria	14 Nov 1987	Details
AG Dalton	H	33y 225d	New Zealand	v Australia	Auckland	29 Jun 1985	Details
R Paparemborde	P	33y 139d	France	v New Zealand	Parc des Princes	21 Nov 1981	Details
JG Allen	F	33y 119d	Argentina	v USA	Buenos Aires	8 Nov 1989	Details
JM Phelan	F	33y 60d	Canada	v Australia	Sydney	15 Jun 1985	Details
DG Leslie	F	32y 336d	Scotland	v England	Twickenham	16 Mar 1985	Details
MJ Watkins	H	32y 320d	Wales	v Australia	Cardiff	24 Nov 1984	Details
JF Slattery	F	32y 282d	Ireland	v Australia	Lansdowne Road	21 Nov 1981	Details
CT Deans	H	32y 34d	Scotland	v New Zealand	Christchurch	6 Jun 1987	Details
T Horaguchi	P	31y 357d	Japan	v France XV	Nantes	26 Oct 1985	Details
WT Shelford	N8	31y 340d	New Zealand	v Ireland	Lansdowne Road	18 Nov 1989	Details
F Calder	F	31y 329d	Lions	v Australia	Sydney	15 Jul 1989	Details
ME Harrison	W	31y 293d	England	v Wales	Twickenham	6 Feb 1988	Details
P Dintrans	H	31y 281d	France	v Argentina	Nantes	5 Nov 1988	Details
AG Slack	C	31y 267d	Australia	v Wales	Rotorua	18 Jun 1987	Details
SJ Smith	SH	31y 198d	England	v Wales	Cardiff	5 Feb 1983	Details
P Berbizier	SH	31y 140d	France	v Australia	Strasbourg	4 Nov 1989	Details
RJ Laidlaw	SH	31y 120d	Scotland	v Ireland	Murrayfield	2 Feb 1985	Details
W Claassen	N8	31y 77d	South Africa	v S America	Bloemfontein	3 Apr 1982	Details
JP Rives	F	31y 77d	France	v Scotland	Murrayfield	17 Mar 1984	Details
M du Plessis	N8	31y 18d	South Africa	v France	Pretoria	8 Nov 1980	Details
RL Norster	L	30y 340d	Wales	v New Zealand	Christchurch	28 May 1988	Details
AR Irvine	FB	30y 297d	Scotland	v Australia	Sydney	10 Jul 1982	Details
Y Matsuo	FH	30y 281d	Japan	v Korea	Fukuoka	27 Oct 1984	Details
WJ James	H	30y 260d	Wales	v Ireland	Cardiff	4 Apr 1987	Details
S Bettarello	FH	30y 199d	Italy	v Russia	Treviso	5 Nov 1988	Details
G Rossi	P	30y 191d	Italy	v Russia	Moscow	5 Nov 1989	Details
S Ghizzoni	FB	30y 183d	Italy	v England B	Twickenham	17 Apr 1985	Details
MA Biggar	F	30y 102d	Scotland	v Wales	Cardiff	1 Mar 1980	Details
M Innocenti	N8	30y 90d	Italy	v Australia	Rome	3 Dec 1988	Details
JC Breedt	N8	30y 90d	South Africa	v World XV	Johannesburg	2 Sep 1989	Details
DJ Serfontein	SH	30y 85d	South Africa	v S America	Cape Town	27 Oct 1984	Details
MH Loffreda	C	30y 59d	Argentina	v New Zealand	Dunedin	15 Jul 1989	Details
RD Moriarty	L	30y 48d	Wales	v Australia	Rotorua	18 Jun 1987	Details
D Codey	N8	30y 18d	Australia	v New Zealand	Sydney	25 Jul 1987	Details
GNK Mourie	F	30y 3d	New Zealand	v Australia	Auckland	11 Sep 1982	Details
WB Beaumont	L	29y 313d	England	v Scotland	Murrayfield	16 Jan 1982	Details

Only the player's most recent appearance listed

Records include the following current or recent matches:

Scotland v Romania at Murrayfield, Dec 9, 1989 [32-0 FT]

Ireland v New Zealand at Lansdowne Road, Nov 18, 1989 [6-23 FT]

Netherlands v Emerging Wallabies at Hilversum, Nov 17, 1989 [15-32 FT]