for the people who are good at number crunching...

i was wondering which team out of WC and Melbourne had the youngest list on the park (average age)

also, is our 22 for today's game, on average younger than carltons/hawthorns?

can find that out for you on Monday!

can find that out for you on Monday!

cheers

Our Average Age was 22.77, while West Coast's was 23.18. Not even six months in it.

And I'm almost positive that our team today was at least a year or two younger than Hawthorn and Carlton's.

Good work Chook!

No problem.

So are we the youngest side in the AFL right now, and if so, will we still be next season?

So are we the youngest side in the AFL right now, and if so, will we still be next season?

Probably not. With some of the guys to come in next year for us, our average age will increase a bit. I reckon West Coast's won't increase as much as ours.

Probably not. With some of the guys to come in next year for us, our average age will increase a bit. I reckon West Coast's won't increase as much as ours.

Curious - how could that happen? I would have thought that ' rookies' on current list, if advanced, would be create an even younger age list average, with likely older players going off the list eg Whitey, Yze, Dutchy etc.

Curious - how could that happen? I would have thought that ' rookies' on current list, if advanced, would be create an even younger age list average, with likely older players going off the list eg Whitey, Yze, Dutchy etc.

That's true, our average list age might decrease, but the age of the guys playing would be a little higher. I reckon West Coast will be in heavy debut mode, while we'll be playing guys who've already played their first game.

That's true, our average list age might decrease, but the age of the guys playing would be a little higher. I reckon West Coast will be in heavy debut mode, while we'll be playing guys who've already played their first game.

Based on debut mode -that makes sense mathematically. Thanks Chook.

Average age is the most irrelevant stat in footy. If I remember correctly there's usually about 2 years difference between the "oldest" and the "youngest".

Are you kidding..our average age will drop if anything

Neitz, White, Yze, Holland, will all go- not to mention a few delistings and trades of guys 25 and over

What he meant was that the 22 that run out will be higher, you add in davey, robbo, rivers etc whilst not all old are around 22+ so some younger kids will drop out

ok my bad

but our squad age would certainly decrease

According to stats.rleague.com/afl/stats

the side Hawthorn put out yesterday had an everage age of 24y 271 d with combined match tally of 2288 games.

Richmond 23years 271 days combined match tally of 1826

West Coast 23y 197d match tally 1705

Carlton 23y 218d match tally 1797

Melbourne 23y 132 d match tally 1456.

These are different to chooks so I'm not sure there if they are 100% correct. Anyway what remains obvious is that we are fielding the most inexpierenced and young side in the AFL.

Our Average Age was 22.77, while West Coast's was 23.18. Not even six months in it.

And I'm almost positive that our team today was at least a year or two younger than Hawthorn and Carlton's.

ours is easily the youngest going around at the minute and will be for a couple more years l would think

According to stats.rleague.com/afl/stats

the side Hawthorn put out yesterday had an everage age of 24y 271 d with combined match tally of 2288 games.

Richmond 23years 271 days combined match tally of 1826

West Coast 23y 197d match tally 1705

Carlton 23y 218d match tally 1797

Melbourne 23y 132 d match tally 1456.

These are different to chooks so I'm not sure there if they are 100% correct. Anyway what remains obvious is that we are fielding the most inexpierenced and young side in the AFL.

Thanks for those stats Neita, very interesting. Do you have Geelong's by any chance? It would be interesting to see where they are at - when at the 'peak of their powers'.

ours is easily the youngest going around at the minute and will be for a couple more years l would think

Carlton are thereabouts also. See the figures above by Neita. Freo are retiring a few this year, next year they will be much younger on average.