Rugby Union | 1940s | Youngest appearance as a captain

Player	Pos	Age	Team	Opposition	Ground	Date	Match
T Allan	C	21y 57d	Australia	v Scotland	Murrayfield	22 Nov 1947	Details
KD Mullen	H	21y 80d	Ireland	v England	Twickenham	14 Feb 1948	Details
NM Hall	FH	23y 166d	England	v Wales	Cardiff	15 Jan 1949	Details
JDE Monteith	C	24y 182d	Ireland	v Scotland	Murrayfield	22 Feb 1947	Details
L Junquas	C	25y 102d	France	v Wales XV	Swansea	22 Dec 1945	Details
P Thiers	F	25y 315d	France	v British Army	Parc des Princes	25 Feb 1940	Details
G Basquet	N8	26y 172d	France	v Ireland	Colombes	1 Jan 1948	Details
RR Elvidge	C	26y 185d	New Zealand	v South Africa	Durban	3 Sep 1949	Details
E Strathdee	SH	26y 194d	Ireland	v Australia	Lansdowne Road	6 Dec 1947	Details
DH Keller	F	26y 211d	Scotland	v France	Colombes	15 Jan 1949	Details
FR Allen	FH	26y 217d	New Zealand	v Australia	Dunedin	14 Sep 1946	Details
JB Smith	C	26y 343d	New Zealand	v Australia	Wellington	3 Sep 1949	Details
PA Hardcastle	L	27y 173d	Australia	v New Zealand	Brisbane	14 Jun 1947	Details
RHG Weighill	N8	27y 202d	England	v France	Colombes	29 Mar 1948	Details
KI Geddes	FB	28y 70d	Scotland	v France	Colombes	1 Jan 1947	Details
I Preece	FH	28y 73d	England	v France	Twickenham	26 Feb 1949	Details
WH Munro	FH	28y 147d	Scotland	v Ireland	Murrayfield	22 Feb 1947	Details
WM McLean	L	28y 198d	Australia	v New Zealand	Dunedin	14 Sep 1946	Details
E Sgorbati	N8	28y 324d	Italy	v Romania	Bucharest	14 Apr 1940	Details
CR Bruce	FH	28y 324d	Scotland	v England	Twickenham	15 Mar 1947	Details
J Matheu-Cambas	F	29y 73d	France	v Argentina	Buenos Aires	4 Sep 1949	Details
EK Scott	C	29y 203d	England	v Australia	Twickenham	3 Jan 1948	Details
F du Plessis	L	29y 234d	South Africa	v New Zealand	Cape Town	16 Jul 1949	Details
H Tanner	SH	30y 9d	Wales	v England	Cardiff	18 Jan 1947	Details
JRS Innes	C	30y 67d	Scotland	v Australia	Murrayfield	22 Nov 1947	Details
WE Tamplin	L	30y 224d	Wales	v Australia	Cardiff	20 Dec 1947	Details
JS Mycock	L	31y 1d	England	v Wales	Cardiff	18 Jan 1947	Details
BJ Kenyon	F	31y 121d	South Africa	v New Zealand	Port Elizabeth	17 Sep 1949	Details
P Farinelli	C	31y 331d	Italy	v France XV	Marseille	27 Mar 1949	Details
CJ Murphy	FB	32y 128d	Ireland	v France	Lansdowne Road	25 Jan 1947	Details
TA Kemp	FH	32y 158d	England	v Wales	Twickenham	17 Jan 1948	Details
A Cazzini	C	34y 37d	Italy	v Romania	Milan	2 May 1942	Details
J Heaton	C	34y 197d	England	v Scotland	Twickenham	15 Mar 1947	Details
V Bertolotto	L	35y 339d	Italy	v France XV	Rovigo	28 Mar 1948	Details

Only the player's first appearance listed

Records include the following current or recent matches:

Sweden v Denmark at Stockholm, Oct 23, 1949 [6-0 FT]

New Zealand v Australia at Auckland, 2nd Test, Sep 24, 1949 [9-16 FT]

South Africa v New Zealand at Port Elizabeth, 4th Test, Sep 17, 1949 [11-8 FT]