What are the opportunities for Youth [U18] players to compete in the top four Division of the Open Competitions. The distribution of players and the number of matches played may reflect a range of factors - the age profile within the club , the strength and number of teams in the top four divisions, selection and starring policy and the size of the youth section. Availability may also have been impacted by exams, injures or selections for representative teams. People may draw different conclusions - but here are the figures.
| Club | OCD1[L] | OCD2[L] | OCD3[L] | OCD4[L] | Total | ||||||
| P | M | P | M | P | M | P | M | P* | M | M/P | |
| YMCA | 4 | 4 | 9 | 32 | 11 | 45 | 13 | 81 | 6.2 | ||
| North County | 4 | 12 | 7 | 34 | 8 | 46 | 5.8 | ||||
| Dundrum | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| Civil Service | 2 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 3.5 | ||||||
| Railway U | 3 | 10 | 5 | 18 | 5 | 28 | 5.6 | ||||
| Greystones | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | ||||||
| Merrion | 0 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 2.2 | ||
| Malahide | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 2.3 | ||
| Pembroke | 5 | 16 | 6 | 18 | 8 | 34 | 4.3 | ||||
| Clontarf | 1 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 12 | 2.0 | ||||
| Leinster | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | ||||
| Laois | 1 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | ||||||
| North Kildare | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| Phoenix | 4 | 16 | 3 | 10 | 5 | 26 | 5.2 | ||||
| The Hills | 0 | 0 | 7 | 20 | 7 | 20 | 2.9 | ||||
| Terenure | 1 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | ||||||
| Balbriggan | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | ||||||
| Rush | 5 | 15 | 5 | 15 | 3.0 | ||||||
| Trinity | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | ||||||
| Cork | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| Total | 18 | 45 | 23 | 73 | 27 | 68 | 32 | 118 | 75 | 304 | 4.1 |
| * Unique Players |