Please, read your own citations. The AB's were pissed that they had to play in grey and only did so because they lost a coin toss. The reason people are outraged is because it's the Springboks. 99% of rugby fans don't even know the other cases you mention exist. The entire article is an exercise in false equivalence. Is it really that shocking that people care more about the national team than some obscure school in the WC?