Pink Pants

02. Feb, 2010 8 Comments

A good few season’s ago – almost about the time The Shebeen Boys came to be in fact (circa 2003) – the tradition of The Pink Pant© were/was born. What are/is The Pink Pant© you may ask and why the heck does some fashion-conscious Shebeen Boy get to wear them during game time?

Legend has it that a few beers had been drunk – possibly in one of the world-famous Shebeen Boy Tunnel PartiesTM – when it was decided that the player who had either (a) had a blinder or (2) played like a blind man, would wear The infamous Pink Pant© the next game the Green MachineTM took to the field, so that they could stand out for the spectators to admire.

It is with great affection that The Shebeen Boys recently discovered that The Pink Pant© tradition has been adopted at FNB Varsity Cup level (obviously some wizened old cunning marketer-guy or joke-cracking creative-type had been to the Green Mile during UCT’s internal league the last few years and had the plagiarising light of a eureka moment switched on).

In all seriousness The Shebeen Boys are proud to see The Pink Pant© idea living on as a support for Breast Cancer (since when do rugby players have breasts). Who knew such a beer-fuelled bit of fun would end up saving lives. So what’s our next big idea?

See these articles for how The Pink Pant© has been adopted by the FNB Varsity Cup:

http://www.varsitycup.coza/community/CustomPages/newsdetail.aspx?contentId=2169201

http://www.varsitycup.co.za/Community/CustomPages/pinkshorts.aspx

To show your support, we ask that you make a R5 SMS donation to the Varsity Cup Trust, an organisation aimed at helping current and past rugby players living with cancer improve their circumstances. Simply SMS your favourite team’s name to 36199 and your donation will go to The Varsity Cup Trust.

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8 Responses to “Pink Pants”

  1. Gazza Reply 02. Feb, 2010 at 12:13

    ”
    Good to hear that you have those kind of iniatives in your local league. I personally was the person suggesting the pink shorts in a meeting in October 2009, and Francois Pienaar was the person suggesting the Man of the Match. He also then added later that day the cancer campaign. Thus I was personally directly involved in this entire pink shorts plan. I can assure you that none of us were aware of the fact that the Shebeen boys were doing things like this. Good for you that you are doing it, and all of the best with your plans to make more of the game. It all ads colour to this lovely game and Varsity Cup.

    Duitser Bosman
    “

  2. Schizo Reply 04. Feb, 2010 at 12:13

    Who are wearing the Pink Pant first game this season?

  3. JC Reply 04. Feb, 2010 at 13:02

    I nominate Wazza for winning the coin toss!

  4. Schizo Reply 05. Feb, 2010 at 10:41

    He won a tossing competition?

  5. Trevor Reply 05. Feb, 2010 at 14:54

    HA HA

  6. Gazza Reply 05. Feb, 2010 at 15:40

    Seconded

  7. Not Stinky Reply 08. Feb, 2010 at 10:40

    Shame guys, thought Wazza wasn’t playing. It should go to the new kids. Get them involved.

  8. Gazza Reply 09. Feb, 2010 at 10:52

    I nominate stinky

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