ics ▁promotion ▁where ▁the ▁Spring b oks ▁and ▁Bl itz b oks ▁wore ▁j er se ys ▁in ▁all ▁the ▁colours ▁of ▁the ▁South ▁African ▁flag ▁during ▁the ▁course ▁of ▁the ▁season — the ▁main ▁side ▁wore ▁green , ▁white , ▁and ▁red ▁sh ir ts , ▁while ▁the ▁se vens ▁team ▁turned ▁out ▁in ▁gold , ▁blue ▁and ▁black ▁uniform s . ▁ ▁The ▁Spring b ok ▁nick name ▁and ▁logo ▁also ▁dates ▁from ▁the ▁ 1 9 0 6 – 0 7 ▁tour ▁of ▁Britain . ▁The ▁spring b ok ▁was ▁chosen ▁to ▁represent ▁the ▁team ▁by ▁tour ▁captain ▁Paul ▁Ro os ▁in ▁an ▁attempt ▁to ▁prevent ▁the ▁British ▁press ▁from ▁invent ing ▁their ▁own ▁name . ▁The ▁logo ▁was ▁not ▁restricted ▁to ▁the ▁white ▁team ▁alone ▁– ▁the ▁first ▁col oured ▁national ▁team ▁used ▁the ▁spring b ok ▁in ▁ 1 9 3 9 ▁and ▁the ▁first ▁black ▁team ▁in ▁ 1 9 5 0 . ▁After ▁the ▁fall ▁of ▁apart heid ▁in ▁ 1 9 9 2 ▁a ▁w re ath ▁of ▁prote as ▁was ▁added ▁to ▁the ▁logo . ▁When ▁the ▁AN C ▁was ▁elected ▁in ▁ 1 9 9 4 ▁the ▁team ' s ▁name ▁was ▁not ▁changed ▁to ▁the ▁Prote as , ▁like ▁that ▁of ▁the ▁South ▁African ▁cr icket ▁team , ▁due ▁in ▁part ▁to ▁the ▁inter vention ▁of ▁then - Pres ident ▁Nelson ▁Mand ela . ▁ ▁In ▁December ▁ 2 0 0 8 , ▁the ▁S AR U ▁decided ▁to ▁place ▁the ▁prote