Rugby Union | in New Zealand | Oldest appearance as a captain

Player	Pos	Age	Team	Opposition	Ground	Date	Match
WH Morkel	N8	36y 258d	South Africa	v New Zealand	Wellington	17 Sep 1921	Details
H Porta	FH	35y 263d	Argentina	v New Zealand	Wellington	1 Jun 1987	Details
RW Norton	H	35y 136d	New Zealand	v Lions	Auckland	13 Aug 1977	Details
PJ Nel	L	35y 100d	South Africa	v New Zealand	Auckland	25 Sep 1937	Details
CE Meads	L	35y 72d	New Zealand	v Lions	Auckland	14 Aug 1971	Details
V Matfield	L	34y 142d	South Africa	v Samoa	North Shore City	30 Sep 2011	Details
H de Goede	L	34y 110d	Canada	v Wales	Invercargill	3 Jun 1987	Details
F Galthie	SH	34y 100d	France	v New Zealand	Christchurch	28 Jun 2003	Details
PM Fatialofa	P	34y 96d	Samoa	v New Zealand	Auckland	31 Jul 1993	Details
SF Maka	F	34y 83d	Tonga	v France	Wellington	1 Oct 2011	Details
SBT Fitzpatrick	H	34y 73d	New Zealand	v Australia	Dunedin	16 Aug 1997	Details
F Contepomi	C	34y 50d	Argentina	v New Zealand	Auckland	9 Oct 2011	Details
I Abuseridze	SH	33y 311d	Georgia	v Argentina	Palmerston North	2 Oct 2011	Details
LFM Cullen	L	33y 259d	Ireland	v Russia	Rotorua	25 Sep 2011	Details
AG Dalton	H	33y 225d	New Zealand	v Australia	Auckland	29 Jun 1985	Details
JW Smit	H	33y 189d	South Africa	v Australia	Wellington	9 Oct 2011	Details
VM Tincu	H	33y 174d	Romania	v Georgia	Palmerston North	28 Sep 2011	Details
BG O'Driscoll	C	33y 154d	Ireland	v New Zealand	Hamilton	23 Jun 2012	Details
GM Gregan	SH	33y 122d	Australia	v New Zealand	Auckland	19 Aug 2006	Details
LW Moody	F	33y 118d	England	v France	Auckland	8 Oct 2011	Details
MO Johnson	L	33y 97d	England	v New Zealand	Wellington	14 Jun 2003	Details
AA Lutui	H	33y 82d	Tonga	v Japan	Whangarei	21 Sep 2011	Details
J McLauchlan	P	33y 61d	Scotland	v New Zealand	Auckland	14 Jun 1975	Details
D Dubroca	H	33y 56d	France	v New Zealand	Auckland	20 Jun 1987	Details
GV Davis	F	33y 51d	Australia	v New Zealand	Auckland	16 Sep 1972	Details
MJ Campbell-Lamerton	L	33y 26d	Lions	v New Zealand	Christchurch	27 Aug 1966	Details
AK Hore	H	33y 19d	New Zealand	v Canada	Wellington	2 Oct 2011	Details
MM Schwalger	H	33y 15d	Samoa	v South Africa	North Shore City	30 Sep 2011	Details
MJ Tindall	C	32y 327d	England	v Argentina	Dunedin	10 Sep 2011	Details
DT Manu	P	32y 219d	Fiji	v Samoa	Auckland	25 Sep 2011	Details
DJ Wilson	F	32y 201d	Australia	v New Zealand	Auckland	24 Jul 1999	Details
WT Shelford	N8	32y 192d	New Zealand	v Scotland	Auckland	23 Jun 1990	Details
CC Petre	L	32y 186d	Romania	v England	Dunedin	24 Sep 2011	Details
FD Prentice	L	32y ?d	Britain	v New Zealand	Christchurch	5 Jul 1930	Details
GH Teichmann	N8	32y 182d	South Africa	v New Zealand	Dunedin	10 Jul 1999	Details
KF Mealamu	H	32y 180d	New Zealand	v Japan	Hamilton	16 Sep 2011	Details
RD Thorne	F	32y 165d	New Zealand	v Canada	Hamilton	16 Jun 2007	Details
S Sititi	N8	32y 103d	Samoa	v Japan	New Plymouth	17 Jun 2006	Details
JF Umaga	C	32y 99d	New Zealand	v Australia	Auckland	3 Sep 2005	Details
SA Mortlock	C	32y 59d	Australia	v New Zealand	Auckland	18 Jul 2009	Details
CT Deans	H	32y 34d	Scotland	v New Zealand	Christchurch	6 Jun 1987	Details
P Riordan	H	32y 2d	Canada	v New Zealand	Wellington	2 Oct 2011	Details
JV Pullin	H	31y 318d	England	v New Zealand	Auckland	15 Sep 1973	Details
LBN Dallaglio	N8	31y 314d	England	v New Zealand	Auckland	19 Jun 2004	Details
AG Slack	C	31y 267d	Australia	v Wales	Rotorua	18 Jun 1987	Details
RH McCaw	F	31y 259d	New Zealand	v South Africa	Dunedin	15 Sep 2012	Details
I Tawake	F	31y 256d	Fiji	v NZ Maori	Christchurch	4 Jun 1994	Details
GW Whetton	L	31y 252d	New Zealand	v Australia	Auckland	24 Aug 1991	Details
B Price	L	31y 227d	Wales	v New Zealand	Auckland	14 Jun 1969	Details
T Kikutani	N8	31y 215d	Japan	v Canada	Napier	27 Sep 2011	Details

Only the player's most recent appearance listed

Records include the following current or recent matches:

New Zealand v South Africa at Dunedin, Rugby Championship, Sep 15, 2012 [21-11 FT]

New Zealand v Argentina at Wellington, Rugby Championship, Sep 8, 2012 [21-5 FT]

New Zealand v Australia at Auckland, Rugby Championship, Aug 25, 2012 [22-0 FT]