Jean de Villiers The Springbok centre, who is the SA Rugby Player of the Year, believes that Rugby at the greatest sporting event on the planet will further add to the sporting spectacle which runs every four years.
De Villiers, who started his international career in 2002 on the Sevens circuit, has developed into one of the world’s best centres and has Rugby World Cup, IRB Under 21 World Championship and Tri Nations winners' medals to his name.
"I am definitely all for the introduction of Rugby Sevens into the Olympic Games. I would be one of the first players to admit that it would be great for Rugby players to one day end their career with an Olympic Games and World Cup gold medal to their name," said De Villiers.

England and British and Irish Lions legend Lawrence Dallaglio also put his weight behind rugby's Olympic inclusion. "Sevens allows some of the other countries and opportunity to express themselves and from a spectator point of view it would be wonderful." so the former England captain.

Augustin Pichot, the charismatic former Argentina captain said that for him "playing at the Olympic Games would be the highest achievement as a rugby player."

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