Richmond is going into this weekend game against Melbourne with the youngest team of the round at an average age of 22.15 years old and an average game experience of 44 both the lowest in the AFL by a long way.
Let’s take a look at youngest teams for this weekend first:
Richmond 22.15
Carlton 23.30
Essendon 23.58
Melbourne 23.84
North Melbourne 23.88
Hawthorn 23.89
Now we will take a look at game experience for this weekend’s teams:
Richmond 44
Carlton 66
Essendon 67
North Melbourne 68
West Coast 69
Melbourne 71
No surprises here I have names some of the worst teams in the AFL, let’s take a look at Geelong, St Kilda, Western Bulldogs and Collingwood.
Geelong - Age 26.75 & Games 127
St Kilda - Age 26.34 & Games 114
Western Bulldogs - Age 26.30 & Games 118
Collingwood - Age 25.56 & Games 121
Notice any similarities? The perfect age and experience level for an AFL football team appears to be around the 25 to 26 age bracket and with around 110 to 130 games of experience.
Even with the players Richmond is missing this weekend which has skewed the numbers the Tigers are at least 3 years away from hitting the magical mark.
On an interesting side note, Fremantle’s average age is 24.65 and the average games is 84, this and next year I think Freo are for real.
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