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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Tricia McMillan" data-source="post: 442644" data-attributes="member: 51138">I'd say, probably bad. The way I'd interpret it is, there aren't many people taking up the game when they're young, so players in the peak age for athletic performance (mid to late 20's) have had far less experience and less time to develop.Still, the number is probably a bit disputable, because it looks like they're trying to give you an idea of how many registered players were available for selection to the senior national team. The number is probably in theory more than what's displayed, since there's nothing stopping them from calling up a teenager who's never played a senior-level match before (as an extreme example) but it's reasonably accurate.</blockquote>