This is a list of the appearance leaders in men's rugby union test matches, listing the 92 players with over one hundred test caps. Rugby union requires only one nation to recognise a match as a test in order for it to be included in test statistics for that nation.[citation needed] The British and Irish Lions and Pacific Islanders do not represent a single country, but they are selected by a group of national unions and are recognised as test teams. Some national teams have sometimes granted test caps for matches against teams such as the invitational Barbarians side; these are included only if the union granted test caps for a particular match.
List
As of 21 September 2024[1]
Notes
^ a bPrimarily active during rugby's amateur era, before the IRB declared the game "open" to professionalism on 26 August 1995.[49]
^"Statsguru / Player analysis / Brian O'Driscoll / Test matches". Scrum.com. Retrieved 2010-02-13.
^"James Slipper". Wallabies Rugby. Retrieved 13 October 2023.
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^"Cian Healy". Irish Rugby. Retrieved 13 October 2023.
^"BEAUDEN BARRETT". All Blacks. Retrieved 13 October 2023.
^"Ireland Squad: Ronan O'Gara". Irish Rugby Football Union. Archived from the original on 2009-12-21. Retrieved 2010-02-13.
^"Statsguru / Player analysis / Stephen Moore". Scrum.com. Retrieved 29 March 2020.
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^"Statsguru / Player analysis / Victor Matfield / Test matches". Scrum.com. Retrieved 2009-11-29.
^"Conor Murray". Irish Rugby. Retrieved 13 October 2023.
^"CONOR MURRAY". Lions Rugby. Retrieved 13 October 2023.
^"Kieran Read Scrum.com". Scrum.com. Retrieved 29 March 2020.
^"EBEN ETZEBETH". Springboks. Retrieved 13 October 2023.
^"Michael Hooper". Wallabies rugby. Retrieved 13 October 2023.
^"AARON SMITH". All Blacks. Retrieved 13 October 2023.
^"Rory Best". Scrum.com. Retrieved 2016-02-14.
^"Bryan Habana Career figures". ESPN Scrum. Retrieved 2013-07-10.
^"GEORGE NORTH". WRU. Retrieved 13 October 2023.
^"GEORGE NORTH". Lions Rugby. Retrieved 13 October 2023.
^"Johnny Sexton". Irish Times. Retrieved 13 October 2023.
^"JOHNNY SEXTON". Lions Rugby. Retrieved 13 October 2023.
^"DAVIT KACHARAVA". espnscrum. Retrieved 13 October 2023.
^"Adam Ashley-Cooper Career figures". ESPN Scrum. Retrieved 2013-07-10.
^"Statsguru / Player analysis / Dan Carter / Test matches". All blacks.com. Retrieved 2011-09-24.
^"Ross Ford". ESPN Scrum. Retrieved 2015-09-27.
^Howitt, Bob (2005). SANZAR Saga - Ten Years of Super 12 and Tri-Nations Rugby. HarperCollins. p. 8. ISBN 1-86950-566-2.
^"Tous les joueurs - SELLA Philippe" (in French). French Rugby Federation. Retrieved 2008-02-05.
^Smit returned to hooker in the Springboks' final 2009 Test against Ireland after having spent about a year as a tighthead prop. All but two of his caps from his debut through the 2008 mid-year Tests were at hooker. See his main reference for details.
^"Statsguru / Player analysis / John Smit / Test matches". Scrum.com. Retrieved 2009-11-29.
^"Statsguru / Player analysis / George Smith / Test matches". Scrum.com. Retrieved 2009-11-29.
^"2008 Qantas Wallabies Squad Profiles: George Smith". Australian Rugby Union. Retrieved 2008-12-18.
^"NUMEROS HISTÓRICOS". Unión Argentina de Rugby. 14 May 2023. Retrieved 2023-09-29.
^"TAULUPE FALETAU". WRU. Retrieved 13 October 2023.
^"TAULUPE FALETAU". Lions Rugby. Retrieved 13 October 2023.
^"WILL GENIA". espnscrum. Retrieved 13 October 2023.
^"WRU Player Profile". WRU.co.uk. Retrieved 2010-02-13.
^"SEKOPE KEPU". espnscrum. Retrieved 13 October 2023.
^"Jean de Villers Career figures". ESPN Scrum. Retrieved 2013-07-10.
^"CATALIN FERCU". espnscrum. Retrieved 13 October 2023.
^"Rugby Union - ESPN Scrum - Statsguru". ESPN. Archived from the original on 2012-04-02. Retrieved 2012-06-10.
^"Sean Lamont Career figures". ESPN Scrum. Retrieved 2013-07-09.
^"Statsguru / Player analysis / Martyn Williams / Test matches". Scrum.com. Retrieved 2010-02-06. His international debut was a match against the Barbarians on 24 August 1996 for which Wales granted Test caps.
^"Statsguru / Player analysis / Matt Giteau". Scrum.com. Retrieved 2010-11-17.
^"Statsguru / Player analysis / Andrea Lo Cicero Vaina". Scrum.com. Retrieved 2011-09-27.
^"Statsguru / Player analysis / Shane Williams". Scrum.com. Retrieved 2011-10-21.
^"Wales Player Archive: Gareth Thomas". Welsh Rugby Union. Retrieved 2008-02-24.
^"Gareth Thomas". British & Irish Lions. Archived from the original on 2008-01-17. Retrieved 2008-02-05.
^"2007 Rugby World Cup Squad Profiles: Stephen Larkham". Australian Rugby Union. Retrieved 2008-02-05.
^"Profiles: Percival Colin Montgomery". South African Rugby Union. Archived from the original on 2008-05-19. Retrieved 2008-08-30.
^"I giocatori della nazionale - Alessandro Troncon" (in Italian). Italian Rugby Federation. Archived from the original on 2008-01-12. Retrieved 2008-02-05.
^"Australia's Top Tens: Leading Australia Test Caps". Australian Rugby Union. 2008-09-19. Archived from the original on 2006-05-14. Retrieved 2008-11-03.
^"Vasco Uva Career figures". ESPN Scrum. Retrieved 2013-07-10.
^"Statsguru / Player analysis / Adam Jones". Scrum.com. Retrieved 2013-05-26.
^"Statsguru / Player analysis / Mils Muliaina / Test matches". Scrum.com. Retrieved 2010-11-07.