Olympic Games of African countries threatened the IOC with a boycott to force them to ban South Africa and Rhodesia, because of their segregationist regimes. New Zealand was also one of the African boycott targets, because its national rugby union team had toured apartheid-ruled South Africa. The IOC conceded in the first two cases, but refused to ban New Zealand on the grounds that rugby was not an Olympic sport. Fulfilling their threat, twenty African countries were joined by Guyana and Iraq in a withdrawal from the Montreal Games, after a few of their athletes had already competed. Taiwan was excluded from
1972 South African Gazelles rugby union tour in Argentina Complete list of matches played by the South Africa u23 in Argentina: Report of all the matches played by the "Gazelles" in Argentina: <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> 1972 South African Gazelles rugby union tour in Argentina The 1972 South African Gazelles rugby union tour in Argentina was a series of matches played by the "Gazelles" (Under-23 South African selection) in Argentina, between September and November 1972. It was the second tour of Argentina by this selection, after the 1966 tour and the fourth of a South African team. The series between "Gazelles" and