theo walcott - past it?

is it just me is Theo Walcott, at 17 years of age, not a bit past it for international football? Ireland have just called up Spurs's 16 year old and a-bit-tasty-apparently Terry Dixon to their not-the-World-Cup squad. That makes him the new Theo Walcott, and I look forward to the new Terry Dixon in a week or two.