Despite falling short against New Zealand in the final of the 2015 World Cup, Australia may be in a better position to to challenge for the World Cup in four years time at the 2019 World Cup in Japan.

23 of the 33 players used by Michael Cheika so far in this World Cup (Carter and Hanson added as injury replacements), will be just 31 years old or younger ahead of the 2019 tournament and barring injury, should be available to play.

The following Wallabies will likely still be in the mix (age in 2019 in brackets):

FORWARDS (12): Carter (30), Douglas (30), Hanson (31), Hooper (27), McCalman (31), McMahon (25), Pocock (31), Simmons (30), Sio (27), Skelton (27), Slipper (30), Smith (30)

BACKS (11): Beale (30), Cooper (31), Folau (30), Foley (30), Genia (31), Horne (30), Kurindrani (28), Phipps (30), Speight (31), Tomane (29), Toomua (29)

Now while all those players may not be around in 2019, Australia should still take a fairly experienced squad to the World Cup. Here’s what the Wallabies side could look like in four years time using the players from the 2015 squad.

2019 World Cup Wallabies

1. Scott Sio
2. James Hanson
3. James Slipper
4. Sam Carter
5. Kane Douglas
6. Sean McMahon
7. Michael Hooper
8. David Pocock
9. Will Genia
10. Bernard Foley
11. Rob Horne
12. Matt Toomua
13. Tevita Kurindrani
14. Joe Tomane
15. Israel Folau
16. Replacement hooker
17. Toby Smith
18. Rob Simmons
19. Will Skelton
20. Ben McCalman
21. Nick Phipps
22. Kurtley Beale
23. Quade Cooper