Rugby Union | Test matches | Oldest appearance on debut

Player	Pos	Age	Team	Opposition	Ground	Date	Match
FG Gilbert	FB	39y ?d	England	v Wales	Twickenham	20 Jan 1923	Details
L Duley	P	37y 35d	Hong Kong	v Fiji	Hong Kong	5 Oct 1996	Details
JW Holdsworth	L	36y 288d	Australia	v S Africa XV	Sydney	25 Jun 1921	Details
S Guns	(SH)	36y 282d	Belgium	v Georgia	Brussels	2 Feb 2013	Details
MA Bustos	P	36y 236d	Argentina	v Ireland	Lansdowne Road	24 Nov 2012	Details
C White	P	36y 233d	England	v New Zealand	Twickenham	19 Nov 1983	Details
A Sorokin	N8	36y 231d	Russia	v Italy A	Bucharest	11 Jun 2008	Details
HJ Grobler	P	36y 133d	Namibia	v Zimbabwe	Windhoek	24 Mar 1990	Details
ML Mihalache	H	36y 102d	Romania	v Portugal	Lisbon	1 Dec 2007	Details
HD Quirelli	SH	36y 24d	Spain	v Romania	Bucharest	27 Mar 2010	Details
F Battaglini	F	36y 14d	Italy	v France XV	Rovigo	28 Mar 1948	Details
EA Barrett	W	35y 342d	Zimbabwe	v Romania	Auckland	23 May 1987	Details
A Bottacchiari	F	35y 339d	Italy	v New Zealand	Leicester	13 Oct 1991	Details
S Fischer	L	35y 321d	Germany	v Belgium	Brussels	10 Nov 2007	Details
R Thompson	N8	35y 292d	Japan	v Canada	Tokyo	3 May 1998	Details
C Nana	L	35y 291d	Belgium	v Georgia	Brussels	2 Feb 2013	Details
GT Downes	P	35y 276d	USA	v Hong Kong	San Francisco	18 Apr 1992	Details
D Lotter	F	35y 235d	South Africa	v France	Johannesburg	3 Jul 1993	Details
PJ Geel	L	35y 208d	South Africa	v New Zealand	Durban	3 Sep 1949	Details
O Sourgens	P	35y 143d	France	v New Zealand	Wellington	9 Jun 2007	Details
D Jeffery	(W)	35y 135d	Namibia	v France XV	Windhoek	23 Jun 1990	Details
DA Tweed	L	35y 111d	Ireland	v France	Lansdowne Road	4 Mar 1995	Details
WTC Sonntag	L	35y 30d	New Zealand	v Australia	Sydney	6 Jul 1929	Details
L Stoop	SH	35y 18d	Namibia	v Ivory Coast	Casablanca	16 Jun 1994	Details
WJ Radford	F	34y 336d	Wales	v Ireland	Lansdowne Road	10 Mar 1923	Details
SC Turner	(P)	34y 329d	England	v Wales	Millennium Stadium	17 Mar 2007	Details
D Lewis	P	34y 323d	Hong Kong	v Korea	Kuala Lumpur	23 Oct 1994	Details
WR Heke	L	34y 306d	New Zealand	v Australia	Sydney	6 Jul 1929	Details
G Marsh	(F)	34y 301d	Japan	v Australia A	Townsville	9 Jun 2007	Details
R Kapeli	P	34y 291d	Tonga	v Samoa	Apia	13 Jun 1992	Details
N Baudry	FB	34y 289d	France	v Scotland	Colombes	15 Jan 1949	Details
B LeClerc	P	34y 283d	USA	v Hong Kong	San Francisco	29 Jun 1996	Details
P Favaretto	H	34y 281d	Italy	v Spain	Roma	6 May 1951	Details
A Cigagna	N8	34y 270d	France	v England	Pretoria	22 Jun 1995	Details
DE Crompton	(P)	34y 256d	England	v South Africa	Bloemfontein	26 May 2007	Details
D Payne	(F)	34y 253d	USA	v Scotland A	Henley	23 May 2007	Details
H Bloomfield	N8	34y 247d	USA	v England	Lens	8 Sep 2007	Details
V Evans	FB	34y 242d	Wales	v Ireland	Lansdowne Road	13 Mar 1954	Details
J Diaz	F	34y 222d	Spain	v Andorra	Andorra la Vella	8 Nov 1997	Details
R Fajkus	P	34y 222d	Czech Rep	v Romania	Bucharest	22 Mar 2008	Details
G Sessa	L	34y 216d	Italy	v Spain	Milan	29 May 1930	Details
DJ Norman	H	34y 204d	England	v South Africa	Twickenham	2 Jan 1932	Details
AH Russell	(L)	34y 181d	USA	v Canada	St John's	12 Aug 2006	Details
O Zalizniy	N8	34y 178d	Ukraine	v Georgia	Odessa	29 Apr 2006	Details
DM James	H	34y 175d	Wales	v Australia	Cardiff	20 Dec 1947	Details
PN Buchanan	C	34y 165d	Australia	v NZ Maori	Sydney	25 Jun 1923	Details
PM McLoughlin	P	34y 162d	Ireland	v Australia	Lansdowne Road	17 Jan 1976	Details
L Walton	W	34y 146d	USA	v Canada	Saranac Lake	8 Jun 1980	Details
ER Gardner	H	34y 101d	England	v Wales	Twickenham	15 Jan 1921	Details
N Tagi	(F)	34y 99d	Fiji	v Tonga	Nuku A'lofa	5 Jun 2004	Details

Records include the following current or recent matches:

Guyana v Barbados at Georgetown, NACRA Rugby, May 18, 2013 [19-17 FT]

Bermuda v USA South at Hamilton, NACRA Rugby, May 18, 2013 [14-22 FT]

Philippines v United Arab Emirates at Manila, Asian 5 Nations - Top 5, May 18, 2013 [24-8 FT]

Korea v Hong Kong at Ansan, Asian 5 Nations - Top 5, May 18, 2013 [43-22 FT]