Molehill
International Captain
Then you can argue the qualification criteria is a bit screwed, although Football continues to do this too.otoh Namibia is clearly the second best team in Africa and given the IRB (deadnaming organizations is fine) organizes qualifying by continent they would probably get a spot even in a 16-team world cup.
I think it's worth looking at what 7's is doing to help grow the game too. Kenya for example are an excellent 7's Team. Does it not make more sense (a bit like cricket) to have a more inclusive World Cup for the shorter/smaller format than the longer/larger one?