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Player Age Team Opposition Ground Date Match
PC Montgomery 34y 154d South Africa v New Zealand Cape Town 16 Aug 2008 Details
AJ Joubert 33y 130d South Africa v Australia Pretoria 23 Aug 1997 Details
JM Muliaina 31y 27d New Zealand v Australia Brisbane 27 Aug 2011 Details
CE Latham 31y 1d Australia v South Africa Johannesburg 9 Sep 2006 Details
MC Burke 30y 122d Australia v New Zealand Sydney 26 Jul 2003 Details
GG Aplon 28y 290d South Africa v Australia Sydney 23 Jul 2011 Details
LR MacDonald 28y 248d New Zealand v South Africa Pretoria 26 Aug 2006 Details
GM Delport 28y 188d South Africa v New Zealand Dunedin 9 Aug 2003 Details
CA Jantjes 28y 159d South Africa v Australia Johannesburg 30 Aug 2008 Details

Wing
Player Age Team Opposition Ground Date Match
DI Campese 33y 287d Australia v South Africa Bloemfontein 3 Aug 1996 Details
BJ Paulse 31y 80d South Africa v New Zealand Christchurch 14 Jul 2007 Details
WJ Sailor 31y 14d Australia v South Africa Pretoria 30 Jul 2005 Details
CM Williams 30y 18d South Africa v Australia Durban 26 Aug 2000 Details
CS Jane 29y 241d New Zealand v South Africa Johannesburg 6 Oct 2012 Details
MS Rogers 29y 200d Australia v South Africa Perth 20 Aug 2005 Details
J de Villiers 29y 143d South Africa v New Zealand Wellington 17 Jul 2010 Details
RL Gear 29y 124d New Zealand v Australia Melbourne 30 Jun 2007 Details
BG Habana 29y 116d South Africa v New Zealand Johannesburg 6 Oct 2012 Details
SW Sivivatu 29y 109d New Zealand v Australia Auckland 6 Aug 2011 Details

Centre
Player Age Team Opposition Ground Date Match
FE Bunce 35y 193d New Zealand v Australia Dunedin 16 Aug 1997 Details
JF Umaga 32y 99d New Zealand v Australia Auckland 3 Sep 2005 Details
SA Mortlock 32y 80d Australia v South Africa Cape Town 8 Aug 2009 Details
HW Honiball 31y 265d South Africa v Australia Pretoria 23 Aug 1997 Details
J de Villiers 31y 225d South Africa v New Zealand Johannesburg 6 Oct 2012 Details
CG Smith 30y 360d New Zealand v South Africa Johannesburg 6 Oct 2012 Details
AA Jacobs 30y 350d South Africa v New Zealand Wellington 30 Jul 2011 Details
MS Rogers 30y 157d Australia v New Zealand Christchurch 8 Jul 2006 Details
MA Nonu 30y 138d New Zealand v South Africa Johannesburg 6 Oct 2012 Details
PG Muller 30y 73d South Africa v Australia Brisbane 17 Jul 1999 Details

Fly-half
Player Age Team Opposition Ground Date Match
DJ Knox 34y 20d Australia v South Africa Pretoria 23 Aug 1997 Details
SJ Larkham 33y 53d Australia v New Zealand Auckland 21 Jul 2007 Details
HW Honiball 32y 264d South Africa v Australia Johannesburg 22 Aug 1998 Details
AD James 32y 217d South Africa v Australia Durban 13 Aug 2011 Details
AP Mehrtens 31y 108d New Zealand v South Africa Johannesburg 14 Aug 2004 Details
DW Carter 30y 215d New Zealand v South Africa Johannesburg 6 Oct 2012 Details
JM Hernandez 30y 60d Argentina v Australia Rosario 6 Oct 2012 Details
MS Rogers 29y 214d Australia v New Zealand Auckland 3 Sep 2005 Details
TJ Horan 29y 88d Australia v South Africa Cape Town 14 Aug 1999 Details
JT Stransky 29y 25d South Africa v New Zealand Cape Town 10 Aug 1996 Details

Scrum-half
Player Age Team Opposition Ground Date Match
GM Gregan 34y 93d Australia v New Zealand Auckland 21 Jul 2007 Details
SJ Cordingley 32y 177d Australia v New Zealand Brisbane 13 Sep 2008 Details
JH van der Westhuizen 32y 170d South Africa v New Zealand Dunedin 9 Aug 2003 Details
JW Marshall 31y 9d New Zealand v South Africa Johannesburg 14 Aug 2004 Details
BT Kelleher 30y 230d New Zealand v Australia Auckland 21 Jul 2007 Details
CJ Whitaker 29y 272d Australia v New Zealand Wellington 17 Jul 2004 Details
QJ Cowan 29y 167d New Zealand v South Africa Port Elizabeth 20 Aug 2011 Details
PF du Preez 29y 149d South Africa v New Zealand Port Elizabeth 20 Aug 2011 Details
N Vergallo 29y 19d Argentina v New Zealand Wellington 8 Sep 2012 Details
PAT Weepu 29y 8d New Zealand v South Africa Dunedin 15 Sep 2012 Details

Prop
Player Age Team Opposition Ground Date Match
R Roncero 35y 233d Argentina v Australia Rosario 6 Oct 2012 Details
JP du Randt 34y 288d South Africa v New Zealand Durban 23 Jun 2007 Details
W Meyer 34y 284d South Africa v Australia Johannesburg 17 Aug 2002 Details
DJ Crowley 33y 323d Australia v South Africa Brisbane 17 Jul 1999 Details
RLL Harry 32y 270d Australia v South Africa Durban 26 Aug 2000 Details
AKE Baxter 32y 213d Australia v New Zealand Sydney 22 Aug 2009 Details
GM Panoho 32y 96d Australia v New Zealand Auckland 16 Aug 2003 Details
AT Blades 32y 85d Australia v New Zealand Sydney 28 Aug 1999 Details
ISDV Swart 32y 77d South Africa v Australia Bloemfontein 3 Aug 1996 Details
DN Hewett 32y 33d New Zealand v Australia Auckland 16 Aug 2003 Details

Hooker
Player Age Team Opposition Ground Date Match
MA Foley 34y 86d Australia v New Zealand Sydney 1 Sep 2001 Details
SBT Fitzpatrick 34y 73d New Zealand v Australia Dunedin 16 Aug 1997 Details
AK Hore 34y 23d New Zealand v South Africa Johannesburg 6 Oct 2012 Details
KF Mealamu 33y 172d New Zealand v Argentina Wellington 8 Sep 2012 Details
JW Smit 33y 132d South Africa v Australia Durban 13 Aug 2011 Details
J Allan 32y 259d South Africa v New Zealand Cape Town 10 Aug 1996 Details
BJ Cannon 32y 151d Australia v New Zealand Auckland 3 Sep 2005 Details
PN Kearns 32y 62d Australia v New Zealand Sydney 28 Aug 1999 Details
AD Oliver 31y 315d New Zealand v Australia Auckland 21 Jul 2007 Details
TP McIsaac 31y 139d Australia v South Africa Sydney 5 Aug 2006 Details

Lock
Player Age Team Opposition Ground Date Match
JN Ackermann 37y 34d South Africa v Australia Sydney 7 Jul 2007 Details
BC Thorn 36y 205d New Zealand v Australia Brisbane 27 Aug 2011 Details
NC Sharpe 34y 223d Australia v Argentina Rosario 6 Oct 2012 Details
V Matfield 34y 101d South Africa v New Zealand Port Elizabeth 20 Aug 2011 Details
PA van den Berg 33y 169d South Africa v New Zealand Christchurch 14 Jul 2007 Details
RM Brooke 32y 261d New Zealand v Australia Sydney 28 Aug 1999 Details
DJ Rossouw 32y 121d South Africa v Australia Bloemfontein 4 Sep 2010 Details
DJ Vickerman 32y 84d Australia v New Zealand Brisbane 27 Aug 2011 Details
JJ Strydom 32y 41d South Africa v Australia Pretoria 23 Aug 1997 Details
JP Botha 31y 332d South Africa v New Zealand Port Elizabeth 20 Aug 2011 Details

Flanker
Player Age Team Opposition Ground Date Match
JA Farias Cabello 34y 17d Argentina v Australia Rosario 6 Oct 2012 Details
DJ Wilson 33y 235d Australia v South Africa Durban 26 Aug 2000 Details
LMN Jones 33y 115d New Zealand v Australia Christchurch 1 Aug 1998 Details
DJ Rossouw 33y 99d South Africa v Australia Durban 13 Aug 2011 Details
AJ Venter 33y 42d South Africa v Australia Johannesburg 9 Sep 2006 Details
RD Thorne 32y 193d New Zealand v South Africa Christchurch 14 Jul 2007 Details
RH McCaw 31y 280d New Zealand v South Africa Johannesburg 6 Oct 2012 Details
AG Venter 30y 284d South Africa v New Zealand Auckland 25 Aug 2001 Details
A Galindo 30y 181d Argentina v South Africa Mendoza 25 Aug 2012 Details
ODA Finegan 30y 117d Australia v South Africa Johannesburg 17 Aug 2002 Details

No. 8
Player Age Team Opposition Ground Date Match
UR Samo 36y 89d Australia v Argentina Rosario 6 Oct 2012 Details
CP Strauss 34y 26d Australia v New Zealand Auckland 24 Jul 1999 Details
DJ Rossouw 33y 85d South Africa v New Zealand Wellington 30 Jul 2011 Details
BT Gavin 32y 257d Australia v South Africa Bloemfontein 3 Aug 1996 Details
MZV Brooke 32y 183d New Zealand v Australia Dunedin 16 Aug 1997 Details
GH Teichmann 32y 182d South Africa v New Zealand Dunedin 10 Jul 1999 Details
T Coker 32y 85d Australia v South Africa Pretoria 23 Aug 1997 Details
RW Williams 31y 262d Australia v South Africa Durban 26 Aug 2000 Details
RB Skinstad 31y 4d South Africa v Australia Sydney 7 Jul 2007 Details
JM Fernandez Lobbe 30y 322d Argentina v Australia Rosario 6 Oct 2012 Details

Substitute (excluding unused substitute)
Player Pos Age Team Opposition Ground Date Match
UR Samo (N8) 36y 47d Australia v New Zealand Auckland 25 Aug 2012 Details
PC Montgomery (W) 34y 168d South Africa v Australia Johannesburg 30 Aug 2008 Details
CP Strauss (N8) 34y 61d Australia v New Zealand Sydney 28 Aug 1999 Details
AK Hore (H) 33y 361d New Zealand v Argentina Wellington 8 Sep 2012 Details
D Santon (H) 33y 349d South Africa v Australia Brisbane 2 Aug 2003 Details
DJ Crowley (P) 33y 330d Australia v New Zealand Auckland 24 Jul 1999 Details
KF Mealamu (H) 33y 200d New Zealand v South Africa Johannesburg 6 Oct 2012 Details
PA van den Berg (L) 33y 162d South Africa v Australia Sydney 7 Jul 2007 Details
NC Sharpe (L) 33y 147d Australia v South Africa Sydney 23 Jul 2011 Details
JW Smit (H) 33y 139d South Africa v New Zealand Port Elizabeth 20 Aug 2011 Details

Only the player's most recent appearance in that position listed; Only includes matches where the player starts in the respective position, and excludes matches as a substitute.

Records include the following current or recent matches:
Argentina v Australia at Rosario, Rugby Championship, Oct 6, 2012 [19-25 FT]
South Africa v New Zealand at Johannesburg, Rugby Championship, Oct 6, 2012 [16-32 FT]
Argentina v New Zealand at La Plata, Rugby Championship, Sep 29, 2012 [15-54 FT]
South Africa v Australia at Pretoria, Rugby Championship, Sep 29, 2012 [31-8 FT]