But that needn’t be the case with this handy checklist of what to look out for on the pitch, in the stands and on the streets of Hong Kong over the 72 hours. Spot it all and you win Sevens bingo, safe in the knowledge that you’ve had a fine time at the jewel in the crown of Hong Kong sport and sevens rugby.
Feel free to make this a drinking game if you’re so inclined but that’s more likely to end with you appearing on the list rather than ticking it off.
Now eyes down, look in.
● Queues – at the bar, for the bathroom, to get in, for taxis. Queues everywhere.
● sunburned white men that forgot to pack their sunblock
● Someone fast asleep in the South Stand – and fellow members of the crowd “enjoying” that
● Nearly 40,000 people singing along to Neil Diamond floor-filler “Sweet Caroline”
● Fiji winning the final (again)
● Lan Kwai Fong in full-on last days of Rome mode● Someone dressed as Where’s Wally?
● A Mexican wave
● Streakers (or half-streakers)
● Being told that “no one cares about the rugby”
● The Hong Kong Sevens referred to as the “jewel in the crown”
● Bona fide rugby legends surfing the crowd (and probably getting into mither from their wife)
● American try machine Perry Baker scoring a try
● Schoolchildren sneaking into the South Stand for a sneakier pint – and their teachers trying to catch them out
● Grown men dressed as schoolchildren
● A Borat lookalike
● Mankinis
● Seeing a band you assumed had split up a long time ago playing their one hit song
● A marriage proposal
● Some snazzy try celebrations
● At least one dragon dance
● People passed out on traffic islands, hedges and bathroom floors
● A world leader lookalike partaking in festivities
● National flags, sometimes being worn as capes
● Ticket touts asking for a king’s ransom for tickets on Saturday morning – and people forking it over
● The same ticket touts trying to shift tickets for $100 as sunset approaches
● Flying pint pots
● Rugby players celebrating their tries while not all the crowd realises there’s a game on
Good luck. And don’t forget to check the Post’s live blog throughout the weekend to find out who has won the rugby. No one cares about the rugby, though, right?