1. 900

      Chile

      osvaldo bascur | Chile | osorno

      My team: bufalos RC
      but its the best game on earth
    2. 899

      Chile

      tomas villagran | Chile

    3. 898

      Australia

      Lalovi Langkilde | Australia | Brisbane

      My team: Samoa
      Its one of the best sports on this planet . Pacific Island countries need to win medals at the Olympics and rugby is their national sport .
    4. 897

      USA

      laurent tran | USA | houston

      My team: West Houston Rugby
      Because it's fun action pack sport with intense camaraderie...unlike soccer!
    5. 896

      Germany

      Miguel Bleickert | Germany

    6. 895

      Australia

      dara siyali | Australia | Sydney

      My team: Waratahs
      Because it's a much better fit for the olympics than, for example, BMX bikes. Which are ridiculous.
    7. 894

      Netherlands

      Hidde Bergsma | Netherlands | Amsterdam

    8. 893

      Poland

      Robert Graban | Poland | Gdańsk

      My team: Ogniwo Sopot
      Becouse It's the best sport in the world
    9. 892

      Wales

      Oliver Crook | Wales | Aberystwyth

      My team: The hawks
    10. 891

      Netherlands

      Etienne Overbeek | Netherlands | Amsterdam

      My team: Allblacks
    11. 890

      USA

      Teresa Sais | USA | Denver

      My team: Glendale Raptors
      Rugby is the best sport ever. It is time for the world to recognize this.
    12. 889

      Germany

      Maximilian Busch | Germany

      it's a fantastic and very attractive sport
    13. 888

      USA

      Paul Meyers | USA | Orem, Utah

      My team: BYU
      Most photogenic sport in the world.
    14. 887

      Chile

      luis germain | Chile

    15. 886

      Canada

      Hannah Scott | Canada

    16. 885

      Germany

      Esther Bieler | Germany | Cologne

      My team: ASV Köln Rugby
      Rugby is the greatest teamsport ever! fast, exciting, and full of action.
    17. 884

      USA

      David Yeoman | USA | Houston, TX

    18. 883

      Poland

      Andrzej Berendt | Poland | Siedlce

      My team: Pogoń Siedlce
    19. 882

      USA

      melinda flores | USA | san francisco

      My team: sffogwrc
      greatest example of physical and athletic ability combined with teamwork and discipline
    20. 881

      Poland

      Maciej Mańkowski | Poland | Lublin

      My team: Budowlani Lublin
      because it's a real game
    21. 880

      Germany

      Stefan Diedrichs | Germany | Hannover

      My team: DRC Hannover
      Because it is the best sport for fighting and fair play! A sport wich brings the world together!
    22. 879

      Poland

      Jerry Bator | Poland | Gdynia

      My team: Poland Womens
      the best sports in the world !!! It's not sports , is my live.
    23. 878

      USA

      Devin Sherwood | USA

      My team: St. Mary's College of MD
    24. 877

      Germany

      Georg Straube | Germany | Trier

      My team: FSV Trier-Tarforst
      Because rugby is the personification of the Olympic ideals and I can´t accept that even less important and less comiting sports like Baseball or Softball are olympic and a worldwide established discipline like rugby not!
    25. 876

      USA

      Tony Colvin | USA | San Francisco

      My team: SF Fog
      It is a great sport with amazing players.
    26. 875

      Brazil

      Felipe Montenegro | Brazil | Rio de Janeiro

      My team: Rio Rugby F.C.
      Because Rugby is one of the most popular sports in the world.
    27. 874

      USA

      Emmet Cooke | USA

    28. 873

      Paraguay

      stephane fournier | Paraguay | asuncion

      My team: old king rugby club
    29. 872

      New Zealand

      awa maihi | New Zealand | New Plymouth

      My team: Coastal
    30. 871

      Chile

      carlos hofmann | Chile

    31. 870

      Chile

      Marcos Hochschild | Chile | Osorno

      My team: U. Los Lagos
      What a ridicoulous question...
    32. 869

      Chile

      Ladislas Weitz | Chile | Osorno

      My team: U. Los Lagos
      Why not?
    33. 868

      New Zealand

      Wayne Richards | New Zealand | Palmerston North

      My team: Turbos
      Rugby is a true team game that will benefit the smaller nations of the world that play it. These smaller nations are largely amateur based and that is the value of rugby being in the olympics - giving amateurs a stage to perform on.
    34. 867

      Cameroon

      Sam Lloyd | Cameroon

    35. 866

      Germany

      Markus Still | Germany

    36. 865

      Chile

      François Weitz | Chile | Osorno

      My team: U. Los Lagos
      Because rugby is far the best sport in the world. Football's for girls. Play rugby.
    37. 864

      Poland

      Arkadiusz Sieradzki | Poland

    38. 863

      Germany

      Caroline Breunig | Germany

    39. 862

      Germany

      Bruno Orlando Hernandez | Germany | Berlin

      My team: BRC
      Because it's the best team sport ever!
    40. 861

      Poland

      Mateusz Ilasiewicz | Poland | Gdańsk

      My team: Ogniwo Sopot
      It's the best sport ever and the most spectacular. I'm in!
    41. 860

      USA

      Alexa Sperske | USA

    42. 859

      Germany

      robin plümpe | Germany | heidelberg

      My team: rgh heidelberg
    43. 858

      Poland

      Hubert B. | Poland | Poznań

      My team: Sparta Jarocin
      Because it is great sport!
    44. 857

      USA

      Ian de Mallie | USA | Charlotte

      My team: Myers Park High School
    45. 856

      Chile

      Stefan Mizgier | Chile | Osorno

      My team: Universidad de Los Lagos
      Porque es lejos el mejor deporte del mundo, por sus valores. Porque los Juegos Olimpicos comenzaron en Grecia siendo de contacto físico y con uso de la inteligencia, y el rugby lo representa ampliamente y es el único.
    46. 855

      Poland

      Dariusz Krause | Poland | Glogow

      My team: Rugby Klub Glogow
      Rugby to fantastyczny sport który rozwija pod każdym względem więc dziwne jest że jeszcze go nie ma na Igrzyskach Olimpijskich
    47. 854

      South Africa

      gideon gardiner | South Africa | pretoria

      My team: bulls
      It is a great spectator sport.It is one of the most watched sports.
    48. 853

      USA

      Kevin Sullivan | USA | San Francisco

      My team: SF FOG RFC
      Is there a good reason not to include it?
    49. 852

      USA

      Joanna Kitlinski | USA

    50. 851

      Ireland

      Keith McHugh | Ireland | Cork

      My team: Munster
      Great game to watch and seems to be played worldwide.. Any 7s I've been to have been very entertaining and the IRB 7s series seems to be growing in success every year.
    51. 850

      Poland

      Dziel Jaromir | Poland | Gniezno

      My team: Posnania
    52. 849

      Ireland

      Paul Moynihan | Ireland

    53. 848

      Chile

      fabrisio leonardo | Chile | concepcion

      My team: rugby udec
      el rugb y tiene que se run juego olimpico por que es un juego a nivel superior
    54. 847

      Chile

      yerlico muñoz | Chile | concepcion

      My team: rugby universidad de concepcion
      becouse is nice sport
    55. 846

      Ireland

      Cormac Mullen | Ireland

    56. 845

      Canada

      elijah epp | Canada | kelowna

      My team: kelowna crows
      it is a fast paced sport which is enjoyed by so many people all over the world
    57. 844

      Ireland

      dara nealon | Ireland

    58. 843

      Poland

      Tomasz Knap | Poland | Wroclaw

      My team: University of Technology Wroclaw Rugby Team (player, coach) Wallabies (fan)
      To bring back to Olimpics its original spirit, fair play and pure passion.
    59. 842

      Chile

      Pedro Alonso | Chile | concepcion

      My team: Rugby udec
      Yes
    60. 841

      England

      Tonia Ibrahim | England

    61. 840

      Chile

      Simon Peña | Chile | Concepcion

      My team: Universidad de concepcion
      El rugby deberia tener mas atencion en los lugares que es amateur para asi fomentar su desarollo y llegar a ser un deporte profesional y al alcanze de todos
    62. 839

      Germany

      Kevin Landsberg | Germany | Heidelberg

      My team: Sportclub Neuenheim
      I just wanna see every 4 years rugby in the TV... it would be very exiting when i see some nations playing rugby in the tv for the golden medaille... pls rugby has to be olympic!
    63. 838

      Portugal

      Nuno Amado | Portugal | Lisbon

      My team: Agronomia rugby
      One sport for every people!
    64. 837

      Spain

      Guillermo Navarro Garcia | Spain | Murcia

      My team: USAP Barcelona
      It has all, spirit, respect, spectacular, ...
    65. 836

      USA

      Katherine McLay | USA | Pittsburgh

      My team: USA Rugby
      Rugby is both the most demanding and the most rewarding sport created by man. The world needs a chance to enjoy the game!
    66. 835

      France

      Jacques Foury | France | Cenon

      My team: Lormont
      Rugby is made of the olympic spirit. Friendship, sportsmanship, mutual help and rugby is very nice to look at. It should be an olympic sport !
    67. 834

      Germany

      max reifschneider | Germany

    68. 833

      England

      Iain Trethewey | England

    69. 832

      Wales

      Owain Williams | Wales | Cardiff

      My team: Pontypridd RFC
      a sport with true olympic values
    70. 831

      Chile

      Manfred UdeC | Chile | Conce

      My team: Rugby UdeC
      because is one of the Top 5 most popular sports in the world!!, and the values that rugby teach you are priceless, so why deny to the world such a great,UNIQUE and special sport?
    71. 830

      England

      Anna Charlton | England

    72. 829

      Germany

      jimi jamal | Germany | HEidelberg

      My team: rgh
    73. 828

      Poland

      Maciek Misiak | Poland | Sochaczew

      My team: Poland
      because is most popular game in the world
    74. 827

      Poland

      jacek kalka | Poland | poznan

      My team: posnania
      jest gra dla wszystkich rozwija fizycznie i intelektualnie ksztaltuje charakter
    75. 826

      Spain

      edgar offroy | Spain

    76. 825

      Poland

      Jan Kulig | Poland | Gdynia

      My team: Ogniwo Sopot
    77. 824

      Germany

      Florian Reuber | Germany | Worms

      My team: Rugby Club Worms
      It´s the grea´tes sport in world
    78. 823

      Spain

      Juan Sanchez | Spain

    79. 822

      Denmark

      Graham Klusener | Denmark

    80. 821

      Spain

      luis miguel collantes | Spain

    81. 820

      South Africa

      Wallis Short | South Africa | Durban

      My team: Natal Sharks
      7's is a fantastic game and represents everything noble about a team sport. It has more participants than sports such as fencing or synchronised swimming for **$%% sake !!
    82. 819

      Germany

      Hans-Heinrich Perl | Germany | Hannover

      My team: 1897 Linden
      Weil es mehr Menschen Kennenlernen sollten
    83. 818

      Germany

      Leo becker | Germany | heidelberg

      My team: scn
      because rugby is a great sport for men.
    84. 817

      Argentina

      pablo villafañe | Argentina | La Rioja

      My team: Los Chelcos Rugby Club
      Porq a pesar de ser un deporte de contacto demuestra el espiritu compañerismo y respeto entre, y sobre todo la amistad.
    85. 816

      Portugal

      Maria Teresa Freitas | Portugal | Coimbra

      My team: Académica
      Is the best sport competition in the world!!!
    86. 815

      Germany

      Stephan Laier | Germany | Heidelberg

      My team: Heidelberger Ruderklub
    87. 814

      Germany

      luca hoffmann | Germany | heidelberg

      My team: scn
      because rugby is a grat sport.
    88. 813

      England

      michaela brown | England

      My team: bath
    89. 812

      Germany

      Elke Bayer | Germany | Heidelberg

      My team: TSV Handschuhsheim
      Rugby ist Leidenschaft
    90. 811

      Australia

      Andreas Zimmermann | Australia

    91. 810

      Australia

      Brenden Grib | Australia | Sydney

      My team: Stormers, WP, Springboks
      Its a game played in more than 40 countries on every continet, it ia a sport that has a long and sustained history
    92. 809

      Poland

      Andrzej Kusmider | Poland | cracow

      My team: Juvenia RC
    93. 808

      USA

      Shannon Griswold | USA | Houston, TX

      My team: Scotland
      Why shouldn't rugby be an Olympic sport!?!? Even a sevens format would be better than nothing, and would lend itself well to the fast-and-furious nature of Olympic sports.
    94. 807

      Poland

      Jerzy Glowacki | Poland | Krakow

      My team: Juvenia RC
    95. 806

      Germany

      Christian Wewezow | Germany | Jena

      My team: SCN
    96. 805

      Portugal

      Nuno Freitas | Portugal | Coimbra

      My team: Académica
    97. 804

      France

      Marie Molinie | France | Brive

      My team: CAB
      Its a well establish sport, played by true commited and dedicated athlets, children men and women from all ages and all over the world practice play and enjoy rugby. Those people deserve to compete at olympic level.
    98. 803

      Portugal

      Rui Mendes | Portugal | Fornos de Algodres

      My team: Support South Africa and Portugal
      Due to the afluence of people playing the sport
    99. 802

      Spain

      Anna Banana | Spain | Barcelona

    100. 801

      USA

      Ben Stone | USA | Washington, DC

      My team: Washington Irish
      The spectacle, the commaraderie amongst fans, and the opportunity for smaller countries (Fiji, Kenya, etc) to win medals

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