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Player Age Team Opposition Ground Date Match
JD O'Connor 19y 76d Australia v New Zealand Wellington 19 Sep 2009 Details
BL Jones 19y 109d Lions v New Zealand Auckland 29 Jul 1950 Details
PT Walsh 19y 120d New Zealand v Australia Dunedin 3 Sep 1955 Details
T Iosua 19y 273d Samoa v Japan New Plymouth 17 Jun 2006 Details
R Phelps 19y 352d Australia v New Zealand Dunedin 3 Sep 1955 Details
S Salvat 20y 49d Argentina v Fiji Hamilton 24 May 1987 Details
TGP Curley 20y 78d Australia v New Zealand Wellington 23 Aug 1958 Details
JPR Williams 20y 90d Wales v New Zealand Christchurch 31 May 1969 Details
CM Cullen 20y 116d New Zealand v Samoa Napier 7 Jun 1996 Details
A Tupou 20y 135d Samoa v New Zealand New Plymouth 3 Sep 2008 Details

Wing
Player Age Team Opposition Ground Date Match
WJ White 18y 74d Australia v NZ XV Wellington 5 Sep 1928 Details
TWJ Prydie 18y 116d Wales v New Zealand Dunedin 19 Jun 2010 Details
JT Lomu 19y 45d New Zealand v France Christchurch 26 Jun 1994 Details
GP North 19y 151d Wales v South Africa Wellington 11 Sep 2011 Details
JJ Kirwan 19y 183d New Zealand v France Christchurch 16 Jun 1984 Details
BN Tune 19y 191d Australia v New Zealand Wellington 6 Jul 1996 Details
JWT MacBride 19y 214d Australia v New Zealand Dunedin 14 Sep 1946 Details
RP Batterham 19y 268d Australia v New Zealand Wellington 19 Aug 1967 Details
DI Campese 19y 297d Australia v New Zealand Christchurch 14 Aug 1982 Details
JWC Roff 19y 305d Australia v New Zealand Auckland 22 Jul 1995 Details

Centre
Player Age Team Opposition Ground Date Match
AP Johnson 18y 181d Australia v New Zealand Dunedin 14 Sep 1946 Details
E Wrigley 19y 79d New Zealand v Australia Dunedin 2 Sep 1905 Details
TJ Horan 19y 79d Australia v New Zealand Auckland 5 Aug 1989 Details
PT Walsh 19y 106d New Zealand v Australia Wellington 20 Aug 1955 Details
S Hirao 19y 129d Japan v NZ Unis Pukekohe 30 May 1982 Details
JWT MacBride 19y 228d Australia v New Zealand Auckland 28 Sep 1946 Details
C Dourthe 19y 264d France v New Zealand Auckland 10 Aug 1968 Details
JAS Baird 19y 270d New Zealand v Australia Dunedin 13 Sep 1913 Details
D Hewitt 19y 312d Lions v New Zealand Dunedin 18 Jul 1959 Details
BC Caldwell 19y 334d Australia v NZ XV Christchurch 15 Sep 1928 Details

Fly-half
Player Age Team Opposition Ground Date Match
PF Hawthorne 18y 305d Australia v New Zealand Wellington 25 Aug 1962 Details
AC Melrose 19y 2d Australia v New Zealand Auckland 9 Sep 1978 Details
JP Wilkinson 19y 26d England v New Zealand Dunedin 20 Jun 1998 Details
CD Brown 19y 111d Zimbabwe v Romania Auckland 23 May 1987 Details
PW Howard 19y 245d Australia v New Zealand Dunedin 17 Jul 1993 Details
TN Wolfe 19y 275d New Zealand v France Auckland 22 Jul 1961 Details
GL Rees 19y 328d Canada v Tonga Napier 24 May 1987 Details
WM Geddes 20y 123d New Zealand v Australia Dunedin 13 Sep 1913 Details
RL Fairfax 20y 143d Australia v New Zealand Wellington 19 Aug 1972 Details
AH Clarke 20y 209d New Zealand v Australia Auckland 20 Sep 1958 Details

Scrum-half
Player Age Team Opposition Ground Date Match
SPPBS Havea 18y 292d Tonga v New Zealand North Shore City 16 Jun 2000 Details
JC Robbie 20y 201d Ireland v New Zealand Wellington 5 Jun 1976 Details
J McLennan 20y 217d Fiji v NZ Maori Christchurch 4 Jun 1994 Details
CR Laidlaw 20y 273d New Zealand v Australia Dunedin 15 Aug 1964 Details
BA Smith 20y 282d Australia v Wales Rotorua 18 Jun 1987 Details
JP Michau 20y 325d South Africa v New Zealand Auckland 27 Aug 1921 Details
CT Burke 20y 325d Australia v New Zealand Auckland 28 Sep 1946 Details
JL Berot 21y 13d France v New Zealand Auckland 10 Aug 1968 Details
TD Knoyle 21y 116d Wales v Namibia New Plymouth 26 Sep 2011 Details
KV McMullen 21y 131d Australia v New Zealand Wellington 25 Aug 1962 Details

Prop
Player Age Team Opposition Ground Date Match
WH Cerutti 19y 121d Australia v NZ XV Wellington 5 Sep 1928 Details
WC Francis 19y 221d New Zealand v Australia Dunedin 13 Sep 1913 Details
MW Irwin 20y 191d New Zealand v Australia Wellington 20 Aug 1955 Details
D Young 20y 307d Wales v New Zealand Christchurch 28 May 1988 Details
AB Erby 21y 0d Australia v NZ XV Christchurch 1 Sep 1923 Details
BD Stewart 21y 19d Scotland v New Zealand Auckland 22 Jun 1996 Details
KK Lambert 21y 176d New Zealand v England Auckland 15 Sep 1973 Details
CJ Hayman 21y 221d New Zealand v Argentina Christchurch 23 Jun 2001 Details
T Toke 21y 235d Tonga v Korea Henderson 10 Feb 2007 Details
OT Franks 21y 263d New Zealand v South Africa Hamilton 12 Sep 2009 Details

Hooker
Player Age Team Opposition Ground Date Match
WJF Phipps 20y 221d Australia v NZ XV Dunedin 8 Sep 1928 Details
M Yachvili 22y 16d France v New Zealand Auckland 10 Aug 1968 Details
JP Baux 22y 27d France v New Zealand Christchurch 13 Jul 1968 Details
PN Kearns 22y 39d Australia v New Zealand Auckland 5 Aug 1989 Details
WL Dawson 22y 59d Australia v New Zealand Dunedin 14 Sep 1946 Details
RC Hemi 22y 97d New Zealand v Australia Wellington 20 Aug 1955 Details
JA Paul 22y 132d Australia v New Zealand Auckland 24 Jul 1999 Details
P Dintrans 22y 159d France v New Zealand Christchurch 7 Jul 1979 Details
NV Cottrell 22y 171d Australia v New Zealand Wellington 3 Sep 1949 Details
TA Lawton 22y 214d Australia v New Zealand Auckland 29 Jun 1985 Details

Lock
Player Age Team Opposition Ground Date Match
FE Hutchinson 18y 253d Australia v New Zealand Wellington 5 Sep 1936 Details
HW Bryant 18y 340d Australia v NZ XV Auckland 19 Sep 1925 Details
MSB Cooksley 21y 7d New Zealand v World XV Christchurch 18 Apr 1992 Details
BA Retallick 21y 9d New Zealand v Ireland Auckland 9 Jun 2012 Details
JA Eales 21y 58d Australia v New Zealand Auckland 24 Aug 1991 Details
AM Davis 21y 122d England v New Zealand Auckland 25 May 1963 Details
JS Lamb 21y 146d Australia v NZ XV Wellington 5 Sep 1928 Details
RG Teitzel 21y 152d Australia v New Zealand Wellington 19 Aug 1967 Details
JM Hodgson 21y 163d Britain v New Zealand Auckland 26 Jul 1930 Details
RP Mossop 21y 197d Australia v New Zealand Wellington 3 Sep 1949 Details

Flanker
Player Age Team Opposition Ground Date Match
EN Greatorex 19y 228d Australia v NZ XV Wellington 15 Sep 1923 Details
RE Webster 19y 344d Wales v Australia Rotorua 18 Jun 1987 Details
JE Thornett 20y 143d Australia v New Zealand Wellington 20 Aug 1955 Details
SJ Cane 20y 162d New Zealand v Ireland Hamilton 23 Jun 2012 Details
J Collins 20y 231d New Zealand v Argentina Christchurch 23 Jun 2001 Details
KW Stewart 20y 255d New Zealand v England Auckland 15 Sep 1973 Details
AM McNaughton 20y 279d New Zealand v Lions Dunedin 26 Jun 1971 Details
A Carminati 20y 284d France v Romania Wellington 28 May 1987 Details
RH Ward 20y 286d New Zealand v Australia Dunedin 12 Sep 1936 Details
PH Sanderson 20y 287d England v New Zealand Dunedin 20 Jun 1998 Details

No. 8
Player Age Team Opposition Ground Date Match
SM Parisse 18y 269d Italy v New Zealand Hamilton 8 Jun 2002 Details
JA Ford 19y 214d Australia v NZ XV Auckland 19 Sep 1925 Details
C Raducanu 19y 233d Romania v Zimbabwe Auckland 23 May 1987 Details
TD Perrin 20y 195d Australia v NZ Maori Palmerston North 9 Sep 1931 Details
HA Rose 20y 277d Australia v New Zealand Wellington 19 Aug 1967 Details
TT Faletau 20y 303d Wales v South Africa Wellington 11 Sep 2011 Details
KA Cross 21y 87d Australia v New Zealand Wellington 3 Sep 1949 Details
AA Hogg 21y 136d Scotland v Samoa Wellington 4 Jun 2004 Details
P Bors 21y 141d Romania v Junior ABs Wellington 30 Aug 1975 Details
DJ O'Neill 21y 159d Australia v New Zealand Dunedin 15 Aug 1964 Details

Substitute (excluding unused substitute)
Player Pos Age Team Opposition Ground Date Match
SM Kalamafoni (F) 18y 268d Tonga v Korea Henderson 10 Feb 2007 Details
JD O'Connor (C) 19y 13d Australia v New Zealand Auckland 18 Jul 2009 Details
ML Howell (C) 19y 54d Australia v New Zealand Dunedin 14 Sep 1946 Details
GP North (W) 19y 166d Wales v Namibia New Plymouth 26 Sep 2011 Details
R Tolufale (P) 19y 271d Samoa v New Zealand New Plymouth 3 Sep 2008 Details
J Qovu Nailiko (N8) 19y 318d Fiji v New Zealand North Shore City 10 Jun 2005 Details
M Barbini (C) 20y 0d Italy v New Zealand Hamilton 8 Jun 2002 Details
TD Knoyle (C) 20y 17d Wales v New Zealand Dunedin 19 Jun 2010 Details
JL Goosen (FH) 20y 50d South Africa v New Zealand Dunedin 15 Sep 2012 Details
MJ Berry (FH) 20y 55d New Zealand v Australia Auckland 6 Sep 1986 Details

Only the player's first appearance 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:
New Zealand v South Africa at Dunedin, Rugby Championship, Sep 15, 2012 [21-11 FT]
New Zealand v Argentina at Wellington, Rugby Championship, Sep 8, 2012 [21-5 FT]
New Zealand v Australia at Auckland, Rugby Championship, Aug 25, 2012 [22-0 FT]