We want Rugby at the Olympic Games:

Because it is a great sport and is played world wide and has a long history

international sport that covers all different economic barriers,sport for everyone

It is a wonderful sport and it will give the oceanic area a bigger name within the world and Olympics as it is the only sport many of us play.

Great game to watch and be enjoyed by people of all ages and countries

Rugby is becoming an increasingly global sport and the team with the most heart and determination in a game will win. It is a sport that tests the will of all players involved.

Fastest, entertaining, contact sport to this day.

Rugby is an international sport and should have its due representation in Olympic like other sports.

Rugby 7s is a great spectator sport; it's exciting and is all of technical, tactical and physical. Rugby 7s is a genuine world sport both for men and women, meaning the standard of competition will be high across the board, not merely in the firmly established rugby 15s nations. And any more exposure for women's rugby would be great!

Rugby sevens is perfect for the Olympics being a fast team sport with a tournament that can be completed in 2 days

It is a high profile sport that is played in a lot of countries around the world. It is also entertaining to the spectator. Rugby is a sport where respect for the opposition and also the referees is common in all games. It shows the spirit of the Olympics.

It is a truly international sport and represented by strong competitions in both men's and women's competition

It may help the Kiwis win a medal, but then again, they don't like 4 yearly events

Rugby is a sport that completely embodies the spirits, ideas and values upheld by the Olympic Games. Rugby has the oppourtunity to extend its horizons throughout the world if it is included in the Olympic Games. We have seen with Rugby 7s that it is not simly dominated by the usuall ruby powerhouses. Minor nations also have a chance. i.e. Kenya. GET RUGBY TO THE OLYMPICS IN 2016!!!!!!!!!!! P.S. Give Cricket a look in as well.

Why shouldn't it!

Rugby is the great global touring game which shares so many values with the Olympic movement - in my opinion so much more than many other sports. Diversity, fair play, equality, highly challenging ... the game they play in heaven should be in he greatest sporting show on earth!

Because the Americans are the only ones to have won a Gold medal and they don't even feature in the extended version of the game. Outragous!!

Rugby is the greatest game ever invented. The after match functions are also good for fun and a bit of networking.

It's a fun, exciting game that encourages thinking as well as fitness.

world sport

No sport embraces and has a place on the field for everyone...no matter what shape or size you are, rugby has a place for you.

It's played throughout the world by men and women and a Sevens tournament is a perfect complement for the Olympic Games

Rugby deserves olympic inclusion, it is a global game and it encompasses the olympic ethos.

Great skill and abilities are required to be demonstrated

It is an entertaining and action packed sport that is good for TV ratings...

It fits perfectly with the Olympic schedule, is a well rounded game which holds true "Citius, Altius, Fortius". Off the field rugby shows tremendous comraderie and sportsmanship.

It is a truly global game that is fast, athletic, and a great spectacle. Perfect for the Olympics.

Rugby is a true world sport. It is played with a great spirit and world fit into the Olympic programme beautifully!

Best team game

It is an international sport that is played in every continent.

Baron Pierre de Coubertin was a rugby ref. It's time rugby returned to the olympic family

Baseball is, its play by about 3 people outside of N America. Why shouldnt rugby? Plus its one of the oldest team sports kicking around.

Great sport

Rugby is a GLOBAL game. It is perfect for the Olympics. After the sucess sevens had at the Commonwealth Games, the Olympic organisers would be stupid not to include it.

It is the fastest, most exciting form of football in the world.

A traditional test of skill rugby 7's has a deep heritage and history that means it is a deserving sport to be included. It is an exiting sport and the IRB tournement has properly shown that non traditional rugby countries can do very well. Above all it is an exiting sport to watch.

it has a great family atmosphere, the supporters of all countries are great, the game is fast and skilful

A global sport with a true comraderie and built-in set of values. Lus it makes great viewing!

A genuine competition that is entertaining and athletic.

It's one of the most entertaining sports in the world and won't be decided by whose spent the most on their clothes like we'll see in swimming. A PURE sport.

If you've ever experienced the atmosphere at the Hong Kong 7s, you'll know why!

It is a true world game.

If it's heaven's game, surely it can find a place in the olympics?

It's time. Proven popular in Commonwealth Games!

Rugby is well and trully a team game for players of all shapes and sizes. With both structured and free flowing gameplay, Rugby is a traditional and exciting game played by many countries around the world. It would be an excellent addition to the Olympics programme.

Sevens rugby is fast & entertaining and has a base far beyond traditional rugby nations. Men and womean both compete on the World Stage and it would be the Pinnacle of the sport

It is played in 120 countries. How many countires have syncronised swimming teams or water polo teams

Because it is a true international sport played in the very best traditions of sportsmanship by all except the Springboks; for whom I apologise.

It is a sport just as hockey and soccer is. So why shouldn't it be in the olympics?

Sport for everyone, exciting, historical, the best

it's a world sport

It is a truly international game with supporters all over the world

It is played by both men and women in many countries

world game, fast, often the best at it are smaller nations ie fiji, it will fill the stadium for three days in the off track and field week

Why not?

It's exciting, quick, all teams are equal, hundreds of countries play it.

Because it is exciting, fast paced and an innovative sport

It represents all the good things about the olympics. Strength, Guile, Speed, Teamwork, and espirit de corp. What more can one ask for?

Rugby is a truly global sport which truly embodies the olympic theme of cirius altius fortius.

Rugby is one of the few team sports that allows places for people of all sizes.

Fast paced, action packed, high scoring game played all around the world at all levels. An essential team sport addition to the tradition of the Olympic Games.