A few years ago, English prop forward Jason Leonard said in a box at the Hong Kong Sevens: “I’m having a great time, but my liver wants to go home”.
While we all know the best way to not get a hangover, it seems the cures are as varied and as international as the teams on the pitch.
Japanese plump for sour plums called umeboshi steeped in green tea, and turmeric tablets.
A fan is seen passed out during the second day of the Hong Kong Rugby Sevens. Photo: Xiaomei Chen
The German word for hangover is “kater”, which is the word for male cat. All Berlin cafes offer kater breakfasts on Sundays, consisting of herring rollmops wrapped around a gherkin.
The Austrians have a “reparatur in seidl” (repair in a beer glass) in the morning.
Russians believe in a good beating with birch branches and slightly alcoholic drink similar to Swedish bitters.