▁but ▁to ▁re app ropri ate ▁it . ▁After ▁the ▁national ▁team ▁won ▁the ▁ 1 9 9 5 ▁Rugby ▁World ▁Cup , ▁black ▁rugby ▁pione er ▁Dan ▁Q eq e ▁said ▁that ▁" The ▁Spring b oks ▁play ▁for ▁all ▁of ▁us ". ▁ ▁In ▁March ▁ 2 0 0 4 ▁the ▁South ▁African ▁Sports ▁Commission ▁rat ified ▁a ▁decision ▁that ▁the ▁prote a ▁be ▁the ▁official ▁rugby ▁em blem ▁on ▁bla z ers ▁and ▁caps , ▁with ▁the ▁con cess ion ▁that ▁the ▁spring b ok ▁could ▁remain ▁on ▁the ▁team ▁j er sey ▁and ▁the ▁traditional ▁Spring b ok ▁colours . ▁And ▁in ▁November ▁ 2 0 0 7 ▁the ▁AN C ' s ▁special ▁conference ▁at ▁Pol ok w ane ▁again ▁end ors ed ▁the ▁need ▁for ▁a ▁single ▁symbol ▁for ▁all ▁sport ing ▁codes . ▁While ▁critics ▁like ▁Q ond isa ▁Ng wen ya ▁for es aw ▁a ▁loss ▁of ▁re venue ▁from ▁dump ing ▁the ▁spring b ok ▁em blem , ▁others ▁like ▁Che ek y ▁Watson ▁ur ged ▁the ▁need ▁for ▁an ▁alternative , ▁un ifying ▁symbol . ▁In ▁ 2 0 1 5 ▁for ▁the ▁ 2 0 1 5 ▁Rugby ▁World ▁Cup , ▁the ▁spring b ok ▁was ▁moved ▁from ▁the ▁front ▁of ▁the ▁j er sey ▁to ▁the ▁right ▁sle e ve ▁while ▁the ▁Prote a ▁remained ▁on ▁the ▁front . ▁This ▁was ▁due ▁to ▁World ▁Cup ▁reg ulations ▁stating ▁that ▁only ▁the ▁IR B ▁logo ▁and ▁the ▁main ▁team ▁logo ▁could ▁go