Friday, March 22, 2013

TEST RUGBY RECORDS

The Longest Duration Between Test Matches

Just recently I have been updating the test data for Russia. I came across a player who had a number of years between test matches.

Andrey Sorokin played v Italy ‘A’ in Bucharest 11 June 2008. I noticed his previous test match was v France Military 19 November 1995! I got my date calculator out and discovered there had been 12 years, 6 months and 23 days between those two test matches. Was it a record? Nearly. Here is the list below.

DURATION BETWEEN RUGBY TEST MATCHES-Updated 22.03.2013  
        Duration  
Name Country First Test Second Test Y M D  
E.Hughes New Zealand 6-Jun-08 13-Aug-21 13 7 2  
G.M.Cooke Australia 12-Aug-33 28-Sep-46 13 1 16  
A. Sorakin Russia 19-Nov-95 11-Jun-08 12 6 23  
Geoff Ralf Canada 25-Oct-74 16-Nov-85 11 0 21  
P.Dizabo France 28-Jan-50 23-Jul-60 10 5 26  
Kevin Yates England 7-Jun-97 26-May-07 9 11 19  
Tommy Vile Wales 18-Jan-13 5-Feb-21 8 0 18  
               

 

Sorokin comes in third.
Sources: scrum.com and ‘Test Rugby Lists’ by Clark, Mason and Samuelson

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