Rugby Union | Ireland | Oldest appearance as a captain

Player	Pos	Age	Opposition	Ground	Date	Match
MJ Galwey	L	35y 145d	v Scotland	Lansdowne Road	2 Mar 2002	Details
WE Crawford	FB	35y 115d	v Wales	Lansdowne Road	12 Mar 1927	Details
WA Anderson	L	34y 306d	v Scotland	Lansdowne Road	3 Feb 1990	Details
F Gardiner	Fwd	34y 293d	v France	Lansdowne Road	20 Mar 1909	Details
WJ McBride	L	34y 282d	v Wales	Cardiff	15 Mar 1975	Details
DG Humphreys	FH	34y 77d	v Romania	Lansdowne Road	26 Nov 2005	Details
TJ Kiernan	FB	34y 48d	v Scotland	Murrayfield	24 Feb 1973	Details
WP Duggan	N8	33y 357d	v Scotland	Lansdowne Road	3 Mar 1984	Details
CF Fitzgerald	H	33y 284d	v Scotland	Lansdowne Road	15 Mar 1986	Details
LFM Cullen	L	33y 259d	v Russia	Rotorua	25 Sep 2011	Details
NJ Popplewell	P	33y 238d	v Canada	Lansdowne Road	30 Nov 1997	Details
BG O'Driscoll	C	33y 154d	v New Zealand	Hamilton	23 Jun 2012	Details
CMH Gibson	C	33y 66d	v France	Parc des Princes	7 Feb 1976	Details
DJ O'Brien	N8	32y 312d	v England	Twickenham	29 Mar 1952	Details
JF Slattery	F	32y 282d	v Australia	Lansdowne Road	21 Nov 1981	Details
R Corrigan	P	32y 213d	v Samoa	Apia	20 Jun 2003	Details
CJ Murphy	FB	32y 142d	v England	Lansdowne Road	8 Feb 1947	Details
PJ O'Connell	L	32y 136d	v France	Stade de France	4 Mar 2012	Details
MT Bradley	SH	32y 107d	v France	Lansdowne Road	4 Mar 1995	Details
PM Matthews	F	32y 22d	v Scotland	Lansdowne Road	15 Feb 1992	Details
KGM Wood	H	31y 286d	v France	Melbourne	9 Nov 2003	Details
TJ Kingston	H	31y 264d	v France	Durban	10 Jun 1995	Details
JE Staples	FB	31y 132d	v Scotland	Murrayfield	1 Mar 1997	Details
BJ Mullin	C	31y 83d	v England	Lansdowne Road	21 Jan 1995	Details
PS Johns	L	31y 50d	v Italy	Lansdowne Road	10 Apr 1999	Details
DG Lenihan	L	31y 45d	v Argentina	Lansdowne Road	27 Oct 1990	Details
RJR O'Gara	FH	31y 8d	v England	Twickenham	15 Mar 2008	Details
SH Easterby	F	30y 121d	v Australia	Lansdowne Road	19 Nov 2005	Details
SM Deering	F	30y 91d	v New Zealand	Lansdowne Road	4 Nov 1978	Details
NAA Murphy	F	30y 52d	v France	Lansdowne Road	15 Apr 1967	Details
A Tedford	Fwd	30y 33d	v England	Lansdowne Road	9 Feb 1907	Details
GT Hamlet	Fwd	29y 350d	v France	Cork	25 Mar 1911	Details
WP Collopy	P	29y 294d	v Scotland	Inverleith	23 Feb 1924	Details
NJ Henderson	FB	29y 252d	v France	Colombes	19 Apr 1958	Details
RD Best	H	29y 215d	v England	Twickenham	17 Mar 2012	Details
SJ Best	P	29y 111d	v Argentina	Buenos Aires	2 Jun 2007	Details
WA Mulcahy	L	29y 95d	v France	Colombes	11 Apr 1964	Details
JPR Heaslip	N8	29y 91d	v Italy	Rome	16 Mar 2013	Details
JS Ritchie	F	29y 62d	v England	Twickenham	11 Feb 1956	Details
M Sugden	SH	29y 31d	v Wales	Belfast	14 Mar 1931	Details
JS McCarthy	F	29y 13d	v England	Lansdowne Road	12 Feb 1955	Details
AR Dawson	H	28y 342d	v South Africa	Cape Town	13 May 1961	Details
AG Foley	N8	28y 333d	v Georgia	Lansdowne Road	28 Sep 2002	Details
EO Davy	FH	28y 249d	v Scotland	Lansdowne Road	1 Apr 1933	Details
RA Lloyd	FH	28y 243d	v France	Lansdowne Road	3 Apr 1920	Details
JJ Moloney	SH	28y 203d	v England	Twickenham	18 Mar 1978	Details
TO Grace	W	28y 146d	v France	Lansdowne Road	19 Mar 1977	Details
GV Stephenson	W	28y 76d	v Wales	Swansea	8 Mar 1930	Details
JW Kyle	FH	28y 13d	v France	Colombes	23 Jan 1954	Details
TH Wallace	C	27y 323d	v Wales	Cardiff	13 Mar 1920	Details

Only the player's most recent appearance listed

Records include the following current or recent matches:

Ireland v France at Lansdowne Road, Six Nations, Mar 9, 2013 [13-13 FT]

Ireland v England at Lansdowne Road, Six Nations, Feb 10, 2013 [6-12 FT]

Ireland v Argentina at Lansdowne Road, Nov 24, 2012 [46-24 FT]