London Sevens heroes England get behind olympic-rugby.org

    Posted at 28th May 2009 / 17:18

    The England team won a nail biter of a final in sudden-death extra time against New Zealand 31-26 to claim the London Sevens at Twickenham on the weekend. The team around all time Sevens top scorer Ben Gollings are firmly backing http://www.olympic-rugby.org and rugby's inclusion into the Olympics.

    London 7s winner England

    The other teams that got behind the petition are 7s legends New Zealand, the series leaders - the Springboks from South Africa, Sevens World Champions Wales, USA, Germany, the Pumas from Argentina and Scotland.

    The team photos are up! Check them out in the friends section - click to enlarge them.

    http://www.olympic-rugby.org has been online for only 7 days and has collected over 7000 signatures!

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