smelling salts

In the business of the worst moment, there may be unanimity, just as soon as the effects of the smelling salts and the large brandies kick in.

Sometimes it’s Harris offering Scott smelling salts — a practice Dicker, who is naturally amped, skips.

Rugby's authorities have no immediate plans to follow American football's NFL in banning 'smelling salts' over concerns they may mask concussion symptoms.

"We'd be given smelling salts, sponge on the neck, back out and play," he said.

It wasn't quite the smelling salts and stretchers of 2024, but it was close.