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Yes, which is why I find age cut offs like this kinda funny and somewhat futile (as you can use it to paint whatever picture you like).
I mean, if were to do this side when football is next played in 2022, all of a sudden Larkey, Zurhaar, Simpkin, McKay, etc (who are all 24 next year except McKay who is 24 this year) are out of the side and North look quite weak (whereas Hawthorn's promising young players - Jiath, Day, Worpel, DGB, Moore, etc are all still there).
Does that mean North actually have weaker youth next year? Of course not. Just as Adelaide don't necessarily now. IT's just that the promising youth at each club are at slightly different stages of their career.
100%, Cook and Berry have shown plenty of signs to indicate that they’ll be every bit as good as those players at 21.
That side mostly just suggests that North started their rebuild 2-3 years ahead of Adelaide (Hawks start time for its rebuild is a bit murky IMO).