Rugby Union | 2000s | Youngest appearance as a captain

Player	Pos	Age	Team	Opposition	Ground	Date	Match
M Bortolami	L	21y 361d	Italy	v New Zealand	Hamilton	8 Jun 2002	Details
JH Duvenhage	F	22y 174d	Namibia	v Italy	Windhoek	23 Jun 2001	Details
J Campomar	SH	22y 234d	Uruguay	v Georgia	Montevideo	30 Oct 2004	Details
G Uva	L	22y 319d	Portugal	v Canada	Nepean	18 Aug 2007	Details
VS Uva	F	23y 86d	Portugal	v Georgia	Tbilisi	11 Mar 2006	Details
M Bergamasco	C	23y 114d	Italy	v Fiji	Lautoka	17 Jun 2006	Details
AW Jones	L	23y 176d	Wales	v Italy	Rome	14 Mar 2009	Details
LL Ghiraldini	H	23y 178d	Italy	v South Africa	Cape Town	21 Jun 2008	Details
T Sasaki	F	23y 222d	Japan	v Australia A	Townsville	9 Jun 2007	Details
JP Wilkinson	FH	23y 288d	England	v Italy	Twickenham	9 Mar 2003	Details
BG O'Driscoll	C	23y 292d	Ireland	v Australia	Lansdowne Road	9 Nov 2002	Details
J Burger	N8	23y 301d	Namibia	v Zambia	Windhoek	26 May 2007	Details
A Manta	F	23y 304d	Romania	v Georgia	Bucharest	7 Apr 2001	Details
P Mitu	SH	23y 319d	Romania	v Portugal	Lisbon	4 Feb 2001	Details
RH McCaw	F	23y 325d	New Zealand	v Wales	Millennium Stadium	20 Nov 2004	Details
AC Stoica	C	23y 342d	Italy	v Samoa	Apia	8 Jul 2000	Details
KS Schubert	F	24y 30d	USA	v Argentina	Buenos Aires	23 Aug 2003	Details
F Corodeanu	N8	24y 68d	Romania	v Ireland	Bucharest	2 Jun 2001	Details
PJ O'Connell	L	24y 117d	Ireland	v France	Stade de France	14 Feb 2004	Details
O Latu Langilangi	F	24y 118d	Tonga	v Junior ABs	New Plymouth	17 Jun 2006	Details
MJ Owen	N8	24y 126d	Wales	v Scotland	Murrayfield	13 Mar 2005	Details
JMD Pinto Neves	SH	24y 126d	Portugal	v Romania	Bucharest	11 Jun 2005	Details
SM Parisse	N8	24y 143d	Italy	v Ireland	Croke Park	2 Feb 2008	Details
SIA Afeaki	F	24y 234d	Tonga	v Fiji	Nadi	4 Jul 2003	Details
M Lawson	H	24y 234d	Canada	v Italy	L'Aquila	6 Nov 2004	Details
D Yachvili	SH	24y 279d	France	v South Africa	Port Elizabeth	25 Jun 2005	Details
MZ Petri	SH	24y 288d	USA	v Ireland	Santa Clara	31 May 2009	Details
AA Petrache	N8	24y 325d	Romania	v Wales	Millennium Stadium	19 Sep 2001	Details
M Webb	F	24y 343d	Canada	v USA	Tokyo	27 May 2004	Details
RB Skinstad	N8	24y 362d	South Africa	v Italy	Port Elizabeth	30 Jun 2001	Details
O Matauiau Esau	H	25y 2d	Samoa	v Wales	Millennium Stadium	11 Nov 2000	Details
D Bolghashvili	N8	25y 41d	Georgia	v Uruguay	Montevideo	30 Oct 2004	Details
SS Burcea	F	25y 123d	Romania	v Spain	Madrid	7 Feb 2009	Details
K Nichols	C	25y 135d	Canada	v Ireland	Markham	17 Jun 2000	Details
TS Clever	F	25y 143d	USA	v England A	Ottawa	7 Jun 2008	Details
RAR Doviverata	F	25y 149d	Fiji	v Italy	Treviso	10 Nov 2001	Details
AN Vos	N8	25y 153d	South Africa	v Canada	East London	10 Jun 2000	Details
JS Uva	F	25y 184d	Portugal	v Fiji	Lisbon	19 Nov 2005	Details
JW Smit	H	25y 204d	South Africa	v Georgia	Sydney	24 Oct 2003	Details
R Capo Ortega	N8	25y 212d	Uruguay	v Argentina	Buenos Aires	8 Jul 2006	Details
J Collins	F	25y 232d	New Zealand	v Argentina	Buenos Aires	24 Jun 2006	Details
V Korshunov	H	25y 240d	Russia	v Spain	Moscow	8 Nov 2008	Details
I Zedginidze	N8	25y 251d	Georgia	v Ireland	Lansdowne Road	28 Sep 2002	Details
SV Raiwalui	L	25y 255d	Fiji	v Japan	Tokyo	20 May 2000	Details
SM Jones	FH	25y 258d	Wales	v England	Millennium Stadium	23 Aug 2003	Details
J Schmidt	L	25y 266d	Germany	v Moldova	Chisinau	11 Nov 2006	Details
AD Oliver	H	25y 280d	New Zealand	v Samoa	North Shore City	16 Jun 2001	Details
A Pichot	SH	25y 286d	Argentina	v Ireland	Buenos Aires	3 Jun 2000	Details
CD Paterson	FH	25y 321d	Scotland	v Wales	Millennium Stadium	14 Feb 2004	Details
H Nanba	C	25y 322d	Japan	v Tonga	Kumagaya	26 May 2002	Details

Only the player's first appearance listed

Records include the following current or recent matches:

Netherlands v Hong Kong at Maastricht, Dec 19, 2009 [25-10 FT]

Czech Republic v Hong Kong at Prague, Dec 16, 2009 [17-5 FT]

Germany v Hong Kong at Heidelburg, Dec 12, 2009 [24-14 FT]