I am a fan of rugby about as much as I am a neurological surgeon for otters. In fact, there was a brief moment whilst typing that that I doubted whether today's T-shirt had anything to do with rugby at all (it's ok, I checked, it does).
That's not to say I dislike rugby - I'm simply non-plussed by it.
My newly appointed Best Mate Joe loves my THREEHUNDREDANDSIXTEEFIVE challenge. He is constantly talking about it, tweeting about it and as of today, donating to it. He was so keen to get involved that he went as far as "the basement" to see what abandoned T-shirt booty may be lurking there. It turns out that this three year old promotional T-shirt for the Matt Damon / Morgan Freeman film Invictus was all he could find. Not my first choice for casual attire but certainly a worthy contribution to my 365 quota, even if it is so stupidly large that it would probably fit an actual rugby player. And his family of lobotomised otters.
The film is based on the true story of how President Nelson Mandela used the community spirit of the sport to disparage the civil unrest that existed across South Africa at the time. His plan was to encourage the whole nation to root for the Springboks to champion the 1995 World Cup and in doing so, forget that they were upset at all. I believe it worked.
The design of today's tee is pretty clever - the garment has been made to look like an actual Springbok player shirt, with nothing but the team emblem on the front left breast, and a strap line across the back with the release date of the film representing a player number.
