[imagesource: Twitter / @alyssa_stone123]

It was bound to happen.

The moment Nic White took a tumble during the Springboks’ loss to the Wallabies in last month’s first Rugby Championship showdown, you just knew there would be some inspirational outfits at the Rugby World Cup Sevens.

Cape Town played host over the weekend and while the Blitzboks really dropped the ball, losing to both Ireland and Argentina en route to a seventh-place finish, the crowd delivered.

Credit to Alyssa Stone for snapping that image above. I hope there was at least one Faf de Klerk in the group to dish out a few crunching finger brushes to the face.

Sport24’s Lloyd Burnard was in attendance on Saturday and snapped these photos:

Image: Lloyd Burnard

Image: Lloyd Burnard

Image: Lloyd Burnard

Image: Lloyd Burnard

Can we call the above a fitting farewell tribute to Naas and move along? South African rugby fans deserve better from the in-studio panel.

IOL‘s Gerry Cupido also went along for the ride and spotted some stellar costumes.

These are our favourites from the outlet’s photos:

Image: Tracey Adams African News Agency (ANA)

Image: Phando Jikelo African News Agency (ANA)

Image: Phando Jikelo African News Agency (ANA)

Image: Tracey Adams African News Agency (ANA)

Image: Ant-Eye Photography

The Big Bad Wolf and a handful of Little Red Riding Hoods – very well played.

If any lessons can be learnt from this year’s tournament, it’s that asking the home fans to wait until after 10:30PM on Saturday to see the men’s home side in action is not well thought out.

By the time the Blitzboks ran out to play Ireland in the quarter-final, thousands had already made their way home.

[sources:sport24&iol]