Yes, it is official! Rugby has made it into extra time of the final match in the Olympic test series! We are one step closer.

All other contenders have been discarded in a IOC executive committee meeting in Berlin this week. As we said before, a committee or team rather of 15 people clearly was a good sign for rugby.

Rugby Sevens has impressed with skill, passion, fairness, flair and all its other inherent qualities and has sidestepped the rest of the field, tackled the other team sports contenders into touch and scored hugely, getting the nod of the IOC jury.

The official verdict is 'a recommendation' for inclusion into the Games and we know everyone who signed and supported olympic-rugby.org couldn't agree more that this is where rugby belongs. Well done to the IRB and everyone involved in rugby's Olympic bid for getting our sport that much closer to the stage it deserves.

Hey, Golf also made it, we can roll with that - it is not a bad thing to do when you're in your fifties, have finally hung up your boots and want to spend some hours outside with your mates - talking rugby.

But before you get ready to put on your Olympic toga and start a Mexican wave celebrating from now till rugby's Olympic kick-off in 2016, remember there is one final try line to cross. For both Rugby Sevens and Golf the ultimate test comes when the 106 delegates of the IOC meet in Copenhagen in October.

And while this year's procedures seem much more focused, we shouldn't forget that in 2005, when several sports were put forward to be included in the 2012 Olympics in London, it was Karate and also Rugby Sevens who had made the finals and stood in front of the IOC in their Sunday best. Back then the vote was a definite NO! No to the inclusion of either sport - no to the inclusion of any new sport.

So this time around we have to make sure the IOC delegates know how much we all want rugby back at the Games.

We have to team up, scrum down and make it happen. We held the ball for some good phases of quality play, now it is time to finish and go ouva in the Olympic corner to seal the win.

Let's show them how many people really want rugby at the Games. Let's get more numbers on the olympic-rugby.org petition! Crouch, touch and pause - Engage!