Namibia and Canada, who cares? Well once again we go back to the whole point of a world championship: everyone has to play. It's part of putting on such an event. When a sport spends the weekend with its very members firing salvos, that's a look you're wanting to avoid at all costs, and they failed to do that.
As much as the organisers might have loved the idea of Japan as hosts, they can't escape the risk they took in making the call. Especially when they knew the risks were real, the weather wasn't unheard of, it didn't come out of nowhere.
And because they never really addressed the so-called promises early on over contingencies, they have left too many with a bad taste over the handling.
The All Blacks would have got a gold-plated charter plane was one of the best lines. But as clever as it was, it still didn't disguise the anger that drove it.
The way the game progresses is everyone gets the same deal. All sides play all games, and out of that experience some shine, and some don't. But it's a true register and assessment of the game: its value and advances it's achieved. It's a complete experience designed to showcase the sport, and grow the connection between countries and their fans.
When we win, all this will be forgotten. But Italy won't forget, I doubt Scotland will, nor Namibia and Canada.
As much as the organisers want to throw their hands in the air and talk about the weather, they're the ones that put the whole thing in Japan. And they're the ones despite a lot of assurances, who didn't deliver a fair playing field to all of those that qualified to be there.