KEY POINTS:
The South African rugby team has been known as the Springboks since 1906 and while other sporting codes in the country have systematically abolished the Springbok as the national team's emblem since 1992 - when apartheid ended and South Africans teams were allowed back into the international fold - South African rugby has hung on to the talisman-like emblem.
It is seen by many, especially the black leaders of the country, as a symbol of racist sport and apartheid.
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