The appearance was just eight days after his 19th birthday and made him the youngest player in Rugby World Cup history, lowering the record of Federico Méndez of Argentina, who was 19 years and 63 days when he appeared at the 1991 Rugby World Cup.
Federico García Lorca | University of Naples Federico II | Federico Luppi | Lucía Méndez | Federico Boyd | Leopoldo Federico | Juan E. Méndez | Henry Mendez | Federico Peña | Federico Hernández Denton | Federico Faggin | Federico Barocci | Luis Federico Leloir | Federico Moccia | Federico Méndez | Federico Halbherr | Federico Garcia Lorca | Federico Errázuriz Echaurren | Federico Cesi | Federico Caffè | Federico Borromeo | Rafael Méndez | Mendez, Cavite | Jaime Mendez | Giovanni Federico | Federico Zuccari | Federico Ughi | Federico Savelli | Federico Higuaín | Federico Errázuriz Zañartu |
The current judges are Jonathan Davies, Will Greenwood, Gavin Hastings, Michael Jones, Dan Lyle, Federico Méndez, Francois Pienaar and past Player of the Year winners Fabien Galthié and Keith Wood, with John Eales as convenor.