Springboks logo set to be axed

[lara93]

the anc are going to ask the fans and on the latest poll on the sarugby website it was 96% say dont change it and 4% were saying yes change it
I DONT WANT IT CHANGED!!!

[Thequeerone]

Doesn't that mean we get heaps more South Africans here in Oz - I'd vote for that - stupid move by the Government - it's up there with making an idiot out of De Villiers

[jargan83]

i'm not a fan of saffer rugby but the Springbok emblem has 100 years of tradition and history behind it. Anyone who talks about saffer rugby the first thing that comes to my mind after "cheats" is "Springboks". I think Exile may be on the money, they may be trying to ditch some of the links to the apartied era. If your a rugby supporter you will probably always refer to the saffer national side as the Springboks. This is just stupid if you ask me, and again it comes from government interferance in Sport. Will said changes apply also to the saffer national football side refered to as the "Bafana Bafana"?? (not sure about that spelling)
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[Swee_82]

As I understand it, the Springbok emblem has strong links to the apartheid era and the 'whites only' policies of the rugby team (among others). So perhaps the Springbok 'image' is doomed to be irrecovably linked to apartheid.

But if we're gonna get bogged down in symbolism, you know what I think is an even stronger symbol for the 'New' South Africa:



Maybe it's because my first real memories of South African sport are from the post-apartheid era (no rebel tours etc) but that to me sort of symbolises the hope at the time that things could work out and everyone could support the Springboks, black or white, rather than the race politics everything has desceded into these days.

[Happy]

I don't really understand the reason but can see why people wouldn't want it changed - would be the same if someone decided the Wallaby wasn't good enough and we should change to some other native fauna symbol!

[.X.]

Its really hard to see the need for a change - if the Springbok Jersey was good enough for Nelson Mandella (without doubt one of the coolest individuals of the 20th Century) surely its good enough for the rest of South Africa

[welshrugbyfan]

Maybe they should follow the AB's in reverse.

All white uniform, the ALL WHITES.

With the Protea flower of course as the emblem.

[brokendown gunfighter]

as it is known as the rainbow nation,they should be called the rainbows





no,that wont work-all the colours of the rainbow mixed makes white



back to the drawing board

[AndyS]

They could always let the designers of the Stade Francais jersey loose - they could do all sorts of things with "rainbow" as a theme. No-one would be able to tell if Watson barked on it either.

[bort]

They could always let the designers of the Stade Francais jersey loose - they could do all sorts of things with "rainbow" as a theme. No-one would be able to tell if Watson barked on it either.

my thoughts exactly!
now you cant call them bokkes what do you call them?
pro..
prot...
prostates?

what a ridiculous thing to do im all for revamping emblems and gear but completly changing the team name and emblem is unnecissarily taking from rugby history and heritage
young boys all over SA will have to start telling their dads they want to be a flower when they grow up

[robyn <3]

i sent off some teasing emails and got in some trouble

they are NOT going down without a fight (no suprisies). petitions are flying everywhere and people are meeting with the board and the place is in chaos. so it seems...

they are all a little bit touchy about flower jokes at the moment... crazy saffas!