Rugby Union | The Rugby Championship | Youngest appearance as a captain

Player	Pos	Age	Team	Opposition	Ground	Date	Match
TC Randell	N8	23y 248d	New Zealand	v Australia	Melbourne	11 Jul 1998	Details
DW Pocock	F	24y 117d	Australia	v New Zealand	Sydney	18 Aug 2012	Details
SW Genia	SH	24y 221d	Australia	v New Zealand	Auckland	25 Aug 2012	Details
RB Skinstad	N8	25y 18d	South Africa	v New Zealand	Cape Town	21 Jul 2001	Details
RH McCaw	F	25y 189d	New Zealand	v Australia	Christchurch	8 Jul 2006	Details
AN Vos	N8	25y 195d	South Africa	v New Zealand	Christchurch	22 Jul 2000	Details
AD Oliver	H	25y 315d	New Zealand	v South Africa	Cape Town	21 Jul 2001	Details
JA Eales	L	26y 9d	Australia	v New Zealand	Wellington	6 Jul 1996	Details
J Horwill	L	26y 90d	Australia	v New Zealand	Brisbane	27 Aug 2011	Details
JW Smit	H	26y 112d	South Africa	v New Zealand	Christchurch	24 Jul 2004	Details
NC Sharpe	L	26y 142d	Australia	v New Zealand	Wellington	17 Jul 2004	Details
JC Erasmus	F	26y 254d	South Africa	v Australia	Brisbane	17 Jul 1999	Details
GJ Muller	L	27y 43d	South Africa	v New Zealand	Christchurch	14 Jul 2007	Details
CPJ Krige	F	27y 121d	South Africa	v New Zealand	Wellington	20 Jul 2002	Details
RD Elsom	F	27y 160d	Australia	v South Africa	Brisbane	24 Jul 2010	Details
RD Thorne	F	27y 192d	New Zealand	v Australia	Christchurch	13 Jul 2002	Details
GB Smith	F	28y 12d	Australia	v New Zealand	Sydney	26 Jul 2008	Details
JH van der Westhuizen	SH	28y 168d	South Africa	v New Zealand	Pretoria	7 Aug 1999	Details
R So'oialo	F	28y 276d	New Zealand	v South Africa	Wellington	5 Jul 2008	Details
TJ Blackadder	L	28y 299d	New Zealand	v Australia	Sydney	15 Jul 2000	Details
GM Gregan	SH	29y 85d	Australia	v New Zealand	Christchurch	13 Jul 2002	Details
JF Pienaar	F	29y 193d	South Africa	v Australia	Sydney	13 Jul 1996	Details
SA Mortlock	C	30y 27d	Australia	v South Africa	Cape Town	16 Jun 2007	Details
V Matfield	L	30y 43d	South Africa	v New Zealand	Durban	23 Jun 2007	Details
GH Teichmann	N8	30y 191d	South Africa	v New Zealand	Johannesburg	19 Jul 1997	Details
DJ Wilson	F	30y 224d	Australia	v New Zealand	Dunedin	16 Aug 1997	Details
JM Fernandez Lobbe	N8	30y 273d	Argentina	v South Africa	Cape Town	18 Aug 2012	Details
JF Umaga	C	31y 51d	New Zealand	v Australia	Wellington	17 Jul 2004	Details
J de Villiers	C	31y 176d	South Africa	v Argentina	Cape Town	18 Aug 2012	Details
KF Mealamu	H	32y 153d	New Zealand	v South Africa	Port Elizabeth	20 Aug 2011	Details
SBT Fitzpatrick	H	33y 32d	New Zealand	v Australia	Wellington	6 Jul 1996	Details

Only the player's first appearance listed

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]