As proud Kiwis who are more than a little enthusiastic about our national rugby team, what could be better than a free All Blacks jersey for your recent addition to the All Blacks mad population?

If your baby is born on the day of an All Blacks home test match between 7 June and 13 September 2008 and is registered on the national birth registry, go to http://www.thisisnotajersey.com/ to claim your child's birthright - an Adidas limited edition All Blacks jersey so your baby can wear the silver fern with pride.

You can even submit a photo of your baby wearing the jersey for display on the website.

Unfortunately it may bring back memories of the day of the birth as you tried to explain to your partner that you can not cross your legs until the fulltime whistle before going to the hospital because the baby is coming NOW!

This is not a Jersey

LOL awww how adorable would that be? now i wish i were due to have a baby hehe

This is over now as it is only for home games.
Brylie was spost to arrive on the 3rd so we would have gotten one but she decided that the 9th was a better day to arrive.

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My wife had a baby at 11.15 on the 3rd of September, the AB's v Samoa, I registered on the website on the 5th; to date, no jersey.

Called them, to be directed to an automated phone system to leave a message, did so (2 weeks ago) and no response.

Faxed them yesterday (is run by Adidas as this is where the phone message takes you) and am awaiting a reply....

Anyone else actually received a jersey or know someone who has and how long it took?

Oh bummer TR2008 - that sucks - hope they get back to you

hopefully there might be some others on here that can let you know

had a look at their website and the adidas one - they sure make it hard to get hole of them - I reckon while you are waiting for a reply you might want to send a letter to adidas-Salomon AG, Adi-Dassler-Str. 1-2, 91074 Herzogenaurach, Germany - although I don't know how much that would cost

Was the number you tried Auckland 2597700?

oh and I forgot to say ... TR2008

yeah the main Adidas site certainly doesnt appear easy to navigate or find contact numbers for.

Yes that phone number was the one called (is on a card they gave us at the hospital to register for it)

I even contacted the NZRU to pass on a message to get the 'thisisnotajersey' Marketing people to contact me, again, no response.

Thanks on the congrats, is baby #2, a girl to go with the boy It was a close run thing, only 40mins before midnight on that day as it was!

My hubby said that the allblacks are meant to deliver these jerseys by hand, so as they are not in the country at the moment, you may have to wait?? Im not sure if he is correct or not.... will try and find out!

thanks...not sure I'll be expecting Richie and Dan on my doorstep to deliver the jersey

I did finally get through to someone last week and they are running well behind time due to higher than anticipated demand.

great to hear they got back to you.....mmmm dan would be nice..... everyone must have held onto their babys just so they could get their t-shirt! (I want to be induced NOW!!!!!) (I would like to book a c-section in for the next big game on thanks!!)

My wife prefers Richie McCaw....

I think they did get a couple of AB's (Leon McDonald & Greg Somerville) to take out the first couple early in the year as part of the 'promotion' but I don't think that has happened for any of the others.

for Ritchie then if they do still do it

oh cool - glad to hear they finally got hold of you

Oh nice - good you've got one of each now

got the jersey yesterday...fortunately as Charlotte is almost 3 months old, it is through to age 2, so will fit her still.