Looking for a different rugby shirt? Check our guide to the best of ’em on the market.

If I was a betting man, I’d say you’re probably looking for a shirt. Not just any shirt, though. It’s the dog days of August, and you’re suffering from button-up boredom, tee tedium, and a host of other closet afflictions that makes the journey to finding said shirt a little more complicated than usual. You want a shirt that’s comfortable and classic, that looks equally at home on the quad as it does on a quad bike, and you want to be able to wear it park hangs and park hikes, if you’re feeling squirrely. If this is you—and to be clear, this is you—the shirt you’re looking for is actually a rugby, and it’s likely on sale at this very moment.

For instance, Ralph Lauren’s version, the rugby shirt all rugby shirts aspire to, is currently 40% off each of the five colors it’s available in, which is fitting, given that’ll make any outfit look roughly 40% more thoughtful via its inclusion. A navy-blue riff from Lacoste is under $80 and might be easier to wear than a plain-Jane white tee; J.Crew’s solid-colored spin is calling your name for under $100.

Ralph Lauren

The Iconic Rugby Shirt

Lacoste

Colorblock Rugby Polo

Abercrombie & Fitch

Long-Sleeve Rugby Polo

Let’s rewind for a second, though. There’s a reason the shirt you should be looking for right now is a rugby, and if you’re unfamiliar with the style’s rugged pedigree, a little context goes a long way. We’re talking about a shirt designed for American football’s enormously popular European antecedent, a silhouette that lands somewhere between a polo, a button-up, and a popover, thanks to its contrast collar, abbreviated placket, and striped and/or color-blocked pattern. But unlike any of those three shirts, rugby shirts are typically cut from heavier-weight jersey-knit cotton, which allows them to go places button-ups are a bit loathe to, and assimilate in places that lesser polos simply can’t.

Take Abercrombie’s slightly cropped, slightly boxy version, which is comfortable enough to wear while napping on the couch but wouldn’t look a lick out of place on the trails, in the office, or on its way to class. Or William Ellery’s spin on the standard, which is made using one of the beefiest jersey-knit cottons I’ve ever encountered, all-but-guaranteeing its owner a lifetime of reckless wear.

Patagonia

Recycled Wool-Blend Rugby Sweater

Still skeptical about the rugby’s outdoor dexterity? Consider that a) people wore them to play one of the most brutal full-contact sports on the planet and didn’t seem hindered in the slightest, and b) they were a favorite among Yosemite Valley climbers—Patagonia founder Yvon Chouinard among them—who would wear them while scaling 3,000-foot walls of literal rock. I don’t know what your plans are for the rest of summer, but it’s hard to imagine any activity more rigorous than World Cup scrum or an assault on El Cap.

Given that durability, vintage rugby shirts abound on eBay. But if you don’t feel like dealing with sizing discrepancies or weird splotches, you could grab a faithfully-reproduced version from The Real McCoys, or hightail it to American Trench, which makes its Horizon rugby shirt in Canada, and might be the best bang-for-your-buck option around. If the sheer amount of options here raises more questions than it answers (or your AC is on the fritz and the heat makes it hard to think), take a page out of this guy’s playbook and buy one for every day of the week.

The Real McCoy’s

Climbers Rugby Shirt

18 East

For Camp Billings Pinewold Rugby Shirt

William Ellery

Claystone Weekender Shirt

American Trench

Horizon Rugby Shirt