Last season the average age in the NRL was 24.4. The Wests Tigers had the youngest average at 23.4 while the South Sydney Rabbitohs' took the title of the oldest team, with an average age of 25.3.
The NRL seemingly becomes younger and younger every year, with more young stars breaking through the ranks.
There are players one or two years into their careers who are arguably the best, or one of the best, players at their position.
With so much young talent across the league, and fullback quickly becoming the most important position in a team next to halfback, here are the five best fullbacks in the competition, aged 22 and under.
4. Daine Laurie - 22
The Tigers' first win of the season (praise lord Jackson Hastings) had a lot to do with the play of their young fullback.
The Penrith Panthers junior moved to the Tigers last season and has been a shining light in their dark inner-west cave ever since.
While he still has a tendency to float in and out of games and has a few mistakes in his play, there are flashes of something special almost every time he plays the game.
Laurie was a big part of the reason the Tigers broke their winning duck for the season, and his loss was equally noticeable the week before against the Cronulla Sharks.
