Rugby Union | 1880s | Youngest appearance

Player	Pos	Age	Team	Opposition	Ground	Date	Match
C Reid	Fwd	17y 36d	Scotland	v Ireland	Belfast	19 Feb 1881	Details
NW Biggs	C	18y 49d	Wales	v NZ Natives	Swansea	22 Dec 1888	Details
EG Forrest	Fwd	18y 57d	Ireland	v NZ Natives	Lansdowne Road	1 Dec 1888	Details
GR Aitchison	HB	18y 121d	Scotland	v Ireland	Belfast	17 Feb 1883	Details
JG Tait	Fwd	18y 174d	Scotland	v Ireland	Glasgow	14 Feb 1880	Details
MF Reid	3Q	18y 198d	Scotland	v Ireland	Belfast	17 Feb 1883	Details
TA Begbie	FB	18y 202d	Scotland	v Ireland	Belfast	19 Feb 1881	Details
DH Bowen	FB	18y 226d	Wales	v England	Swansea	16 Dec 1882	Details
FT Wright	HB	18y 260d	England	v Scotland	Edinburgh	19 Mar 1881	Details
T Anderson	FB	18y 277d	Scotland	v Ireland	Glasgow	18 Feb 1882	Details
WH Thomas	Fwd	18y 294d	Wales	v Scotland	Glasgow	10 Jan 1885	Details
JB Buchanan	Fwd	18y 298d	Ireland	v Scotland	Glasgow	18 Feb 1882	Details
WM Scott	HB	18y 326d	England	v NZ Natives	Blackheath	16 Feb 1889	Details
E Treharne	Fwd	18y 334d	Wales	v England	Blackheath	19 Feb 1881	Details
EJ Walshe	Fwd	18y 338d	Ireland	v England	Lansdowne Road	5 Feb 1887	Details
AF Hill	Fwd	18y 363d	Wales	v Scotland	Glasgow	10 Jan 1885	Details
ET Roland	3Q	19y 19d	Scotland	v Ireland	Edinburgh	16 Feb 1884	Details
DH Lewis	Fwd	19y 29d	Wales	v England	Blackheath	2 Jan 1886	Details
JM O'Sullivan	FB	18y ?d	Ireland	v Scotland	Edinburgh	16 Feb 1884	Details
RE Lockwood	3Q	19y 58d	England	v Wales	Llanelli	8 Jan 1887	Details
GH Wheeler	3Q	19y 69d	Ireland	v Scotland	Edinburgh	16 Feb 1884	Details
M Johnston	HB	19y 105d	Ireland	v England	Lansdowne Road	2 Feb 1880	Details
FG Andrews	Fwd	19y 112d	Wales	v England	Leeds	5 Jan 1884	Details
TW Irvine	Fwd	19y 123d	Scotland	v Ireland	Belfast	21 Feb 1885	Details
JR Atkinson	3Q	19y 127d	Ireland	v Wales	Lansdowne Road	28 Jan 1882	Details
T Baker-Jones	Fwd	19y 134d	Wales	v Ireland	Lansdowne Road	28 Jan 1882	Details
WN Bolton	3Q	19y 145d	England	v Ireland	Lansdowne Road	6 Feb 1882	Details
LC Thomas	Fwd	19y 150d	Wales	v England	Swansea	3 Jan 1885	Details
RG Warren	HB	19y 156d	Ireland	v England	Manchester	7 Feb 1885	Details
WF Holms	3Q	19y 166d	Scotland	v Wales	Cardiff	9 Jan 1886	Details
WM Tatham	Fwd	19y 217d	England	v Scotland	Manchester	4 Mar 1882	Details
DA MacLeod	Fwd	19y 253d	Scotland	v Ireland	Edinburgh	20 Feb 1886	Details
CFP Fraser	HB	19y 275d	Scotland	v Wales	Newport	4 Feb 1888	Details
WB Norton	3Q	19y 275d	Wales	v Ireland	Lansdowne Road	28 Jan 1882	Details
HC Vincent	Fwd	19y 276d	Wales	v Ireland	Lansdowne Road	28 Jan 1882	Details
HM Jordan	3Q	19y 302d	Wales	v England	Swansea	3 Jan 1885	Details
ARD Wauchope	HB	19y 324d	Scotland	v England	Edinburgh	19 Mar 1881	Details
CG Wade	3Q	19y 324d	England	v Wales	Swansea	16 Dec 1882	Details
DB Walkington	FB	20y 11d	Ireland	v England	Lansdowne Road	5 Feb 1887	Details
WR Richardson	HB	20y ?d	England	v Ireland	Manchester	5 Feb 1881	Details
AF Bland	Fwd	20y 45d	Wales	v England	Llanelli	8 Jan 1887	Details
AG Grant-Asher	HB	20y 62d	Scotland	v Ireland	Glasgow	18 Feb 1882	Details
CR Cleveland	Fwd	20y 67d	England	v Wales	Llanelli	8 Jan 1887	Details
WO Williams	Fwd	20y 73d	Wales	v Scotland	Edinburgh	26 Feb 1887	Details
H King	Fwd	20y 74d	Ireland	v England	Manchester	5 Feb 1883	Details
JA Gould	FB	20y 85d	Wales	v England	Swansea	3 Jan 1885	Details
CE Orr	HB	20y 90d	Scotland	v Ireland	Belfast	19 Feb 1887	Details
EM Rowland	Fwd	20y 104d	Wales	v England	Swansea	3 Jan 1885	Details
AJ Forrest	Fwd	20y 112d	Ireland	v England	Lansdowne Road	2 Feb 1880	Details
VC le Fanu	Fwd	20y 115d	Ireland	v England	Lansdowne Road	6 Feb 1886	Details

Only the player's first appearance listed

Records include the following current or recent matches:

Wales v Ireland at Swansea, Home Nations, Mar 2, 1889 [0G-0G FT]

England v New Zealand Natives at Blackheath, Feb 16, 1889 [7-0 FT]

Ireland v Scotland at Belfast, Home Nations, Feb 16, 1889 [0G-1G FT]