1. 57000

      Argentina

      Belén Scavarda | Argentina

    2. 56999

      Spain

      Jaume Arbós | Spain | Tarragona

    3. 56998

      Brazil

      renato ramalho | Brazil | sao paulo

      My team: sao jose
    4. 56997

      France

      Bruno NADAUD | France

    5. 56996

      Turkey

      ahmet sertan civan | Turkey | İstanbul

      My team: İSTANBUL LİONS RUGBY
      i want to play rugby for my country
    6. 56995

      Canada

      rachal flieler | Canada | Stirling

      My team: Bayside Secondary School
      it is the best sport ever, and great to watch to
    7. 56994

      Netherlands

      Richard Jongeleen | Netherlands | Den Helder

      My team: RCDH
      It's the best sport in the world!!
    8. 56993

      Poland

      rafal muszytowski | Poland | Toruń

      My team: Szerszenie Toruń
    9. 56992

      Nigeria

      fola odetoyinbo | Nigeria

    10. 56991

      Latvia

      Koptelovs Nikolajs | Latvia | Jelgava

      My team: Jelgavas ALNI
    11. 56990

      Australia

      Donna Adkins | Australia

    12. 56989

      Romania

      Andreia Hartveg | Romania

    13. 56988

      South Africa

      Andre Karst | South Africa | Dundee

      My team: Blue Bulls
      It is the best teamsport there is.
    14. 56987

      England

      james macdonald | England

      My team: chew valley old boys rfc
    15. 56986

      Argentina

      Roy Ledesma | Argentina | Buenos Aires

      My team: Curupaiti
      por que el futbol es olimpico y el rugby no?, además se exige un estado físico mucho mas alto en comparación a otros deportes, es estrategico y no tenesmos nada en contra como para que no lo sea.
    16. 56985

      Spain

      eider velasco | Spain

      yes
    17. 56984

      USA

      Ryan Stephenson | USA | Dunlap, TN

      My team: Nooga
      Its a worldwide sport. And it is growing fast in the U.S. The Olympics would benefit greatly if they added rugby.
    18. 56983

      South Africa

      Kevin Burge | South Africa | Dundee

      My team: Sharks
      Why should Rugby be Olympic? First and foremost - unlike many other sports - it's a TEAM sport, each player relying on his/her mates to win.
    19. 56982

      England

      Callum Barnard | England | Oundle

      My team: Oundle
      Its just an amazing team sport that can really get a lot of national support
    20. 56981

      Netherlands

      pieter hartevelt | Netherlands | leiden

      My team: diok
      it's a great sport ant it is mostly far
    21. 56980

      Georgia

      giga biliseishvili | Georgia | tbilisi

      My team: lokomotivi
    22. 56979

      Canada

      scotty smith | Canada | mississauga

      My team: oakville crusaders
      best sport! everyone loves to watch it too, but in canada we dont get to see enough
    23. 56978

      Spain

      cotul raul valentin | Spain | motril

      My team: motril club rugby
      because is a very interesting game and u play it as a team.
    24. 56977

      Germany

      Ronja Brinkmann | Germany | Bremen

      My team: Union 60
      awesome!
    25. 56976

      France

      pierre baran | France

      tulagi president
    26. 56975

      USA

      thomas mcgarry | USA

    27. 56974

      Latvia

      Valentins Nozdrins | Latvia | Riga

      My team: -
      Because it is a great game!
    28. 56973

      Brazil

      leonard goldberg | Brazil | sao paulo

      My team: lep mack
      yahooooooo
    29. 56972

      USA

      Desiree Leaupepe | USA | Camarillo

      My team: Channel Islands Orca Rugby
      It should be in the olympics because it is time to let the world know that rugby does exist and to define the difference between rugby from soccer and football. Rugby is worth something to watch
    30. 56971

      Scotland

      derek houghton | Scotland

    31. 56970

      Wales

      liam jones | Wales | Abergele

      My team: Abergele RFC, Bangor university RFC
      It is just a valid sport as any other.
    32. 56969

      China

      Adrian Cheng | China | Beijing

      My team: ISB Dragons
      It is super fun to play, especially with friends. Watching is great too.
    33. 56968

      Argentina

      pilar rincon | Argentina

    34. 56967

      Canada

      Annika Eriksson | Canada | Edmonton

      My team: University of Alberta
      Because it would be sweet and It would make the Olympics that much better!!
    35. 56966

      USA

      Pablo Daniel Varas | USA | Miami

      My team: Tridents
    36. 56965

      Israel

      michael eli | Israel | bat yam

      My team: Hapoel Ashkelon and Israel Team
    37. 56964

      USA

      Mark Lewis | USA | Irving, TX

      My team: UD Groundhogs
      Because it's the second most popular game in the world, and by far the most challenging and enjoyable!
    38. 56963

      New Zealand

      Bradley Dixon | New Zealand | Auckland

      My team: New Zealand
      It's short, it's exciting and it gives smaller nations who otherwise have limited success at olympic games, a chance for success
    39. 56962

      Romania

      Nicolae Alexandru | Romania | Bucharest

    40. 56961

      Chile

      sebastian carrasco | Chile

      because is the best sport in the world
    41. 56960

      USA

      Molly Owen | USA

    42. 56959

      USA

      Jeremy Cole | USA

    43. 56958

      USA

      Ryan Johnston | USA

      My team: Mississippi Mad Dogs Rugby
    44. 56957

      Spain

      Carlos Garcia Ortiz | Spain | Cuenca

      My team: Club Rugby A Palos (Cuenca)
      porque es el autentico deporte de caballeros, ademas de otras muchas virtudes
    45. 56956

      Romania

      Mihai Chiricencu | Romania | Bucharest

    46. 56955

      Romania

      Vlad Bucsa | Romania

    47. 56954

      Romania

      razvan ionut | Romania | bucharest

      My team: spartan club bucharest
      it`s a sport of true people!!
    48. 56953

      Germany

      Raymond Drayson | Germany | Hameln

      Because its far mor sporting & entertaining than most other disaplins at the Olympics now
    49. 56952

      Germany

      Ines Thümmler | Germany | Leipzig

    50. 56951

      USA

      Rohn Wegweiser | USA | Cincinnati

      My team: wolfhounds
      more of a sport than curling end of question
    51. 56950

      USA

      Emily Phillip | USA | Chicago

    52. 56949

      Fiji

      jone qomate | Fiji | suva

      My team: digicel fiji sevens
      its got blood sweat and tears glory honur and passion. the whole shebang.
    53. 56948

      Canada

      Ryan Sharp | Canada

    54. 56947

      Ecuador

      jose zambrano | Ecuador | guayaquil

      My team: monos rugby
    55. 56946

      Argentina

      dino jose | Argentina

    56. 56945

      England

      Finbar Murray | England | Kingston

      My team: London irish academy, cobham
      Because it is the best sport there is.
    57. 56944

      Spain

      cristian ayala fuentes | Spain | carboneras

      My team: cr cabras
      esagerao
    58. 56943

      USA

      Nancy Decker | USA | Stratham NH

    59. 56942

      Canada

      Shawn McTear | Canada

    60. 56941

      Kenya

      Joseph Kamau Njoki | Kenya

    61. 56940

      Kenya

      Joseph Kamaveli | Kenya

      My team: Kenya Rocks
    62. 56939

      Netherlands

      Joost van Oers | Netherlands | bavel

      My team: rugbyclub etten-leur (REL)
      because its the greatest sport in the world
    63. 56938

      South Africa

      Willem Pretorius | South Africa

    64. 56937

      USA

      Penny Marchiel | USA | Aurora

      My team: US Air Force
      It is an international sport.
    65. 56936

      Netherlands

      Sebas Linger | Netherlands | The Hage

      My team: Haagsche rugby club
      Best sport ever!
    66. 56935

      Israel

      Graciela Via | Israel

      why not?
    67. 56934

      USA

      Zachary Illingworth | USA | Long Beach

      My team: CSU Long Beach Club Rugby
    68. 56933

      USA

      heather hiller | USA | cimarron

      because its a pure sport and deserves it a lot more than some they have in the games.
    69. 56932

      USA

      Brad Rand | USA

    70. 56931

      USA

      Aaron Simpson | USA | Pittsburgh

    71. 56930

      USA

      joshua johnston | USA | virginia beach

      My team: virginia beach falcons
      because like soccer which is an olympic sport, rugby has been around since the 1800's and played internationally since then. while there were issues with the 1924 olympics, the security measures and maturity of the world has greatly increased. We owe it to these great athletes to represent their countries in the olympic arena.
    72. 56929

      England

      Henry Lewin-Titt | England | Plymouth

      My team: KRFC
      So England can win something
    73. 56928

      England

      Chris Symon | England

    74. 56927

      Canada

      Michael Yaremko | Canada | montreal

      My team: marianopolis blue demons
      because its amazing
    75. 56926

      Canada

      Cameron Reif | Canada | Vancouver

    76. 56925

      Australia

      Stephen popple | Australia

      My team: Queensland Reds
    77. 56924

      England

      joseff eynon-freeman | England

    78. 56923

      USA

      Nathan Garant | USA

    79. 56922

      USA

      Christopher Lane | USA | Chapel Hill, NC

      My team: UNC Touch Rugby Class
    80. 56921

      USA

      James Horton | USA | Asheville

      My team: Asheville Men's Team
      It is definitely an olympic sport that people from all over the world can play and enjoy.
    81. 56920

      Ireland

      Darragh Cox | Ireland | Limerick

      My team: Munster
      It's a highly entertaining, competitive and fun sport to watch.
    82. 56919

      USA

      Shawn Bumpus | USA

      rugby should be in the Olympics because it is a great sport and worth while to watch
    83. 56918

      Netherlands

      Reinout Vente | Netherlands | Utrecht

      My team: Utrecht Student Rugy Society
      Because it is more exciting than any other sport!
    84. 56917

      Belgium

      Cindy Wauters | Belgium | Brussels

      My team: Racing Jet de Bruxelles
      because it's the moste beautiful sport in the world
    85. 56916

      Canada

      Chris Bahnan | Canada

    86. 56915

      USA

      Evan Davis | USA

    87. 56914

      Trinidad and Tobago

      Oniqa Moonsammy | Trinidad and Tobago | Brooklyn, NY

      Rugby is a sport that test the endurance and stamina of the players. It demonstrates power and control. It is a very athletic sport and is not American Football. It is played in most countries all over the world. If we can have such sports as basketball, soccer, hockey, water polo, handball and so on; we should be able to allow the sport of Rugby into the Olympics as well. There is both male and female rugby teams as well so no gender will also be excluded. Change is normally for the better and adding Rugby I believe will be.
    88. 56913

      USA

      Zach Lukasik | USA

    89. 56912

      USA

      Sallie Martin | USA | Little Rock

      My team: Little Rock Women's Rugby Club
    90. 56911

      Canada

      Carl Eggert | Canada

      My team: Springboks
      No sport is more difficult!
    91. 56910

      Canada

      david collinson | Canada

    92. 56909

      USA

      nolan bodkin | USA

    93. 56908

      USA

      Tony Davis | USA | Milwaukess

    94. 56907

      Portugal

      Antonio coimbra | Portugal

    95. 56906

      USA

      Jackson Dawson | USA | Tacoma

      My team: UPS Rugby
      Water Polo, Ice Dancing, Curling, and Ribbon Dancing are all currently competitions in the Olympics.
    96. 56905

      USA

      Brenda Cobb | USA

    97. 56904

      USA

      Will McGuinness | USA | Parker

      My team: Regis Jesuit Rugby Team
      Rugby is the second most played sport in the world.
    98. 56903

      Canada

      Aron Cronsberry | Canada | Stoney Creek

      My team: Saltfleet Storm
    99. 56902

      Ireland

      gerard o connell | Ireland | cork

      My team: munster
    100. 56901

      USA

      Cavan Dunne | USA | Bayville

      My team: New Zealand All Blacks
      If they had Badminton (which is boring a lame to watch) as a sport for the Olympics, they should have Rugby (which is badass and fun to watch).

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