1. 8501

      Australia

      Jeremy Smith | Australia | Sydney

      My team: Gordon Highlanders
      It gives so many countries a chance they would not otherwise have to win a medal and has the most number of competitive countries of the 5 sports up for consideration
    2. 8429

      Australia

      Dean Ferguson | Australia

    3. 8274

      Australia

      Gary Annat | Australia

    4. 8057

      Australia

      Adrian Mitchell | Australia | sydney

      My team: waratahs
    5. 7838

      Australia

      Charles Bowler | Australia | melbourne

      My team: waikato cheifs
    6. 7322

      Australia

      Johannes Winkler | Australia | Vienna

      My team: RC Krems
    7. 7089

      Australia

      James Kerna | Australia

      Well it's the game they play in heaven so why not the olympics :)
    8. 6894

      Australia

      Jan Verdaasdonk | Australia | Melbourne

    9. 6868

      Australia

      Logan McEwan | Australia | Brisbane

      My team: Queensland Reds
      All international sport should be.
    10. 6835

      Australia

      Jacquie McEwan | Australia | London

      My team: Australia
      Because it's a global sport and it's a great game. Also having it in the Olympics would be a good wedge between World Cups.
    11. 6789

      Australia

      Scott Dunstan | Australia | Sydney

      My team: Waratahs
      More of a global sport than most other current team sports appearing in the Olympic programme.
    12. 6731

      Australia

      Lyn Somers | Australia | Perth

      My team: Western Warriors
    13. 6719

      Australia

      Tim Palmer | Australia | Sydney

      My team: Waratahs
      It is more of a sport than equestrian
    14. 6714

      Australia

      Reena Rihan | Australia

    15. 6694

      Australia

      Eugene Marchese | Australia

    16. 6682

      Australia

      James Balfour-Ogilvy | Australia | Sydney

      My team: NSW Waratahs, And Eastwood
      It show a different side to Olympics Sports and this is a great attraction for spectators
    17. 6651

      Australia

      Marc Evans | Australia | Sydney

      My team: Chatswood
      Because it's the best game in the world....
    18. 6649

      Australia

      Stuart Pearson | Australia | Sydney

      My team: Waratahs
      To make it a truly global sport
    19. 6564

      Australia

      Grant Fairlie | Australia | Sydney

      My team: Springboks
      One of the few sports with a true international spirit
    20. 6555

      Australia

      Danielle Byrnes | Australia | Sydney

      My team: Wallabies
      Great fun! Great athletes and great fans!
    21. 6232

      Australia

      Ella Blake | Australia

    22. 5893

      Australia

      simon hancock | Australia | gladstone

      My team: all blacks
      well its gotta be better than trampolining,cycling,diving,need i say more?even if 7's is included its better than all of the aforementioned "sports"combined.rugbys a great game,lets let the poor souls that have never heard of it experience it!
    23. 5880

      Australia

      Gayle Mason | Australia | Sydney

      My team: Manly Marlins
      Because it a great and popular sport!!!
    24. 5856

      Australia

      mark goding | Australia | Taipei

      Lots of people play it and it expouses all olympic ideals. It's a good spectator sport
    25. 5763

      Australia

      Andrew Vater | Australia | Perth/Jakarta

      My team: Shamboks/IRFU
      Because it is a game where the smaller nations such as Fiji, Samoa, Wales, Argentina have a real chance for a gold medal.
    26. 5588

      Australia

      Michael Walker | Australia | Bowral

      My team: Wallabies
      Why should Rugby be Olympic? The game played in Heaven should be played in the Olympics too!
    27. 5577

      Australia

      paul bird | Australia | adelaide

      My team: bath
    28. 5476

      Australia

      raymond styles | Australia | brisbane

      My team: All blacks
      Why not every other sport known to man is, can some one start a patition to make tiddly winks an olympic sport, I have always wanted a medal
    29. 5468

      Australia

      Patrick Warland | Australia | BRisbane

      My team: Australia
      Rugby is one of the best flowing spectatlor sports and deserves to be in the Olympics as it is played by such a broad number of nations.
    30. 5440

      Australia

      Jean-Pierre de Villiers | Australia | Sydney

      My team: Springboks
      Table Tennis? Seriously?
    31. 5423

      Australia

      Yerka Warland | Australia | Brisbane

      Because it is a game of skill.
    32. 5400

      Australia

      Lyndon de Clercq | Australia | Brisbane

      My team: Reds
      Faster, Higher, Stronger: Rugby is the embodiment of the Olympic motto like no other.
    33. 5346

      Australia

      Chris Gehoff | Australia | Gold Coast

      My team: Hannover 78
    34. 4838

      Australia

      jack Trainer | Australia

    35. 4694

      Australia

      Carola Stenz | Australia

    36. 4496

      Australia

      Bruce Croft | Australia | Brisbane

      My team: Australia
      A highly competative sport loved by millions
    37. 4399

      Australia

      WOUTER BOTHA | Australia | Melbourne

      My team: Brumbies
      It will grow the sport!
    38. 4370

      Australia

      Phil Faure | Australia | Melbourne

      My team: Souf Efrica
      Because it needs to be there
    39. 3883

      Australia

      Joshua Heinzel | Australia

    40. 3820

      Australia

      Jacob Madsen | Australia | Ipswich

      My team: Queensland Reds
      It is an engaging sport for all involved. If it gets 1 more viewer or $1 more profit let it be their. The Olympics is about peace let's get the most people possible involved
    41. 3397

      Australia

      samuel martin | Australia

    42. 3396

      Australia

      sam martin | Australia | sydney

      My team: Dural District Rugby Club
      It is the Greatest.
    43. 3381

      Australia

      Stephen Mobbs | Australia | Melbourne

      My team: Eastwood
      Look at the support of the world 7's!!!
    44. 3380

      Australia

      Sam Ayling | Australia | Sydney

      My team: Waratahs
      Summer olympics is in desperate need of a good sport. For gods sake...badminton? Synchronized swimming? Come on...
    45. 3366

      Australia

      Kathy Ryan | Australia | Darwin

    46. 3364

      Australia

      Angus Forbes | Australia | Darwin

      excitement
    47. 3362

      Australia

      Pat Foley | Australia | Brisbane

    48. 3082

      Australia

      victor sammut | Australia | sydney

      My team: Waratahs
      rugby a team sport filled with the olympic spirit.
    49. 3063

      Australia

      Luke Bartolo | Australia

    50. 2837

      Australia

      Alexandra Woodgate | Australia | Sydney

      My team: Waratahs
      Because it is a good game for my sons to play
    51. 2801

      Australia

      Shaun Halberstater | Australia | Gold Coast

      My team: Queensland Reds
      Rugby should be an Olympic event becuase it is such an international sport with a large spectator following. Every other sport of the same magnitude is represented in the Olympics. It would also provide a boost for developing countries as well as countries that do not neccessarily win many other medals at an Olympic level.
    52. 2795

      Australia

      Scott Bryant | Australia | Brisbane

      My team: Reds
      Because it is great!!!
    53. 2789

      Australia

      James Coleman | Australia | Melbourne

      My team: NSW
      It's exciting, a world game and it promotes values.
    54. 2774

      Australia

      Nigel Booker | Australia | Darwin

      My team: England
      Because it is a real game, played by real athletes without the corruption of money or fame or scandal.
    55. 2735

      Australia

      Crispin Boxhall | Australia | Jerrabomberra

      My team: Brumbies
      If table tennis can get in which is not a spectator sport, and tennis can which is already professional and well over-paid, then rugby should also be in as it is a fantastic spectator sport in both the amateur and professional arenas. Also, rugby is played in many countries.
    56. 2563

      Australia

      Edward Woodgate | Australia | Sydney

      My team: Waratahs
      Because it is fun to watch and everyone can play it easily
    57. 2460

      Australia

      Juan Cote | Australia | Brisbane

      My team: Qld Reds
      Rugby brings out the best in humanity, the effort, teamwork, perseverance, no reward without hard work, honesty, and being part of a community that is more than winning and losing
    58. 2435

      Australia

      jason REID | Australia | brisbane

      My team: Canterbury Crusaders
      They play rugby in heaven so they should play it in the Olymics too.
    59. 2389

      Australia

      Geoffrey Lam | Australia | Sydney

      My team: NSW Waratahs
      its the real man's game.
    60. 2373

      Australia

      Cameron Byers | Australia | Muswellbrook

      - The worlds most popular contact sport - A fast and furious version of the game that can be played in a single venue and over just a couple of days. - Will open the olympics out into one of the world's regions that it has so far ignored: the pacific. Rugby is the most popular sport in the pacific and the inclusion of the sport would be making the games more global! - Rugby is spiritually compatible with the olympic ethos.
    61. 2313

      Australia

      Mark Mark Lucas | Australia | Stuart Park

      My team: Wallabies
    62. 2261

      Australia

      Lena Elwin | Australia | Canberra

      My team: Wallabies
    63. 2241

      Australia

      Errol Hunt | Australia | Melbourne

      My team: All Blacks
      Great support base, excellent format for tv, high scoring, tournament over very quickly.
    64. 2222

      Australia

      Helen Dick | Australia | Gympie

      My team: Nth QLD Cowboys
      We have great rugby talent in Australia and we should showcase it to the world
    65. 2190

      Australia

      Eve Boxhall | Australia

    66. 2189

      Australia

      Blake Robertson | Australia | Melbourne

      My team: Tahs
      It rules. good to watch
    67. 1706

      Australia

      Reynor Guildford | Australia | Sunshine Coast

      My team: Maroochydore Swans
      Cause it is alot more exciting then soccer, and long distance running. it also one of the most worldly games
    68. 1615

      Australia

      Syd Douglas | Australia | Gold Coast

      My team: Reds
      Rugby is truely a world game that has the capacity to compliment every olympic facet. Competed by over 90 coutries worldwide, it has the following, support and participation than most otehr sports currently in the olympic program.
    69. 1402

      Australia

      Andre Orr | Australia

    70. 1215

      Australia

      Rod Tancred | Australia | Perth

      My team: Western Force
      Because it is as much a sport as any other and requires skill and promotes comradeship worldwide
    71. 1131

      Australia

      Nathan Kearns | Australia | Canberra

      My team: Brumbies
    72. 1035

      Australia

      Harry Kimble | Australia | Sydney

      My team: Kyrgyzstan
      Rugby should be in the Olympics because it embraces the Olympic spirit more than most other sports that are already in the Olympics, played by both men and women, there are over 115 Rugby playing nations to make it a world-wide sport and is dymanic that will add revenue and spectators to the Olympic Games.
    73. 1032

      Australia

      Stephen Coles | Australia | Canberra

      My team: Brumbies
      Because it is a spectacular game now played in almost all countries of the world
    74. 984

      Australia

      Cameron Perera | Australia | Melbourne

      My team: Wallabies
      Because it's a great international sport and it's very entertaining.
    75. 978

      Australia

      Jon Devine | Australia | Sydney

      My team: Beecroft Cherrybrook
    76. 967

      Australia

      Brett Baker | Australia | Sydney

      My team: Newport
      It is an international game & should be in the olympics
    77. 960

      Australia

      Scott Osborne | Australia | Sydney

      My team: Waratahs
      The sport covers approx 40% of the world's countries and follows the ethos of the olympic spirit. Rugby allows players of all shapes and sizes to play meaning spectators covering a wide spectrum can assimilate with the game.
    78. 951

      Australia

      Shayne Whitehouse | Australia | Brisbane

      My team: All Blacks
      It has an Olympic history, is international and provides a contact sport that it in line with Olympic ideals
    79. 944

      Australia

      Charles Butler | Australia

    80. 937

      Australia

      Leon Claassens | Australia | Greta

      My team: Sprinbokke
    81. 934

      Australia

      mike gillard | Australia | melbourne

    82. 932

      Australia

      Charles Leyland | Australia | Melbourne

      My team: Randwick
      Because it is a pure, honourable sport with a wonderful history which reflects the Olympic's ideals.
    83. 929

      Australia

      Craig Logan | Australia | Melbourne

      My team: Sharks
      Rugby is all about friendship, excellence and respect. It transcends race, colour, creed. It is already Olympic in nature.
    84. 928

      Australia

      Jackson Hill | Australia

    85. 927

      Australia

      Oliver Garside | Australia | Melbourne

      My team: Sale Sharks
      Rugby was a part of the Melbourne Commonwealth Games and was one of the highlights as far as I am concerned. it will add to the Olymics no end!
    86. 923

      Australia

      Jim Roy | Australia | Melbourne

      My team: MRUFC
      It's great entertainment and holds a great spriit amongst fans and competitiors alike.
    87. 919

      Australia

      Gerard O'Neill | Australia | Melbourne

      My team: Australia
      Rugby captures the true meaning of team involvement and enjoyment whilst striving for excellence.
    88. 916

      Australia

      STUART GREENE | Australia | HONG KNONG

      My team: CAUSEWAY BAY RFC
      IT MAKES SENSE AS A WORLD WIDE SPORT WITH A HUGE FOLLOWING.
    89. 913

      Australia

      Tom Lucas | Australia | Melbourne

      My team: NSW Waratahs
      Rugby is truly a global game that deserves recognition at the Olympic level. The game embodies all that is good about sport, teamwork, courage and mateship.
    90. 911

      Australia

      Rock Stone | Australia | Perth

      My team: Nedlands Rugby Club
      Show some Love to The Greastest Game on Earth .
    91. 910

      Australia

      mina seward | Australia | Sydney

      My team: Randwick RFC
      Its the number one contact sport in the world .
    92. 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 .
    93. 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.
    94. 811

      Australia

      Andreas Zimmermann | Australia

    95. 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
    96. 729

      Australia

      Trevor Savage | Australia | Sydney

      My team: Waratahs
    97. 619

      Australia

      Matt Duke | Australia | Perth

      My team: Western Force
      It's the best game in the world!
    98. 371

      Australia

      Paul Morgan | Australia

    99. 301

      Australia

      Doug Waller | Australia | Brisbane

      My team: The Wallabies
      Rugby should be in the Olympics because it is an exciting team sport that will introduce passionate sport fans to other lower profiled Olympic sports. It captures in one game all the athletic qualities that traditional Olympic sports aspire to promote - strength, speed, endurance and determination.
    100. 227

      Australia

      Len Pearson | Australia | Sydney

      My team: All Blacks
      Because it is played around the world in many countries and has great spectator appeal

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