1. 45328

      Australia

      Shiva Naidu | Australia | Sydney

      My team: Fiji
      entertaining, crowd pleasing and played all over the world
    2. 45296

      Australia

      Hannah Berkhout | Australia

    3. 45280

      Australia

      Hannah Berkhout | Australia | Perth

      My team: Western Force
    4. 45270

      Australia

      Joanne Seward | Australia | Perth

      My team: Western Force
    5. 45265

      Australia

      Merryl Kerr-Grant | Australia | Wollongong

      My team: Old Collegians
      Great game!!!
    6. 45264

      Australia

      Hugh Kerr-Grant | Australia | Wollongong

      My team: Old Collegians
      Best team sport aroubd
    7. 45244

      Australia

      Jonathon Wallace | Australia | Sydney

      My team: Waratahs
      Best sport in the world.
    8. 45226

      Australia

      pat swan | Australia | Melbourne

      My team: wallabies
      beacause it is a global team sport, a ball sport which si more exciting than most of the olympic sports anyway
    9. 44996

      Australia

      Evan Williams | Australia | Sunshine Coast

      My team: University Sunshine coast
    10. 44988

      Australia

      James Bernasconi | Australia

    11. 44982

      Australia

      Peter Miller | Australia | Geelong

      My team: Rams
      Rugby is a truly international sport whose culture and traditions embody all that it is good about sport.
    12. 44981

      Australia

      David Quodling | Australia | Adelaide

      My team: Old Collegians
      Rugby Union is played in more countries than is hockey, volleyball or tennis and warrants inclusion by sheer aeight of competing numbers
    13. 44951

      Australia

      edward thumper | Australia

    14. 44940

      Australia

      Audrey Yardley | Australia | Canberra

      My team: Canberra Brumbies
      Just about the best spectator sport there is.
    15. 44939

      Australia

      Christopher Yardley | Australia | Canberra

      My team: Canterbury Crusaders (NZ)
      Fast and entertaining - with a touch of amateurism still in the Sevens ranks
    16. 44918

      Australia

      Wendy & Ed Allan | Australia | australia

      My team: wallabys
    17. 44893

      Australia

      Greg Neilson | Australia | Sydney

      My team: Wallabies
      because it is an internationally played sport
    18. 44537

      Australia

      Kevin bailey | Australia | Perth

      Pure entertainment value
    19. 44331

      Australia

      Cara Christie | Australia | Brisbane

      My team: Wallabies
      It's an Olympic Sport that's why!
    20. 44276

      Australia

      mark joyce | Australia | perth

      My team: cottesloe
      because it is the best game in the world.
    21. 44271

      Australia

      scott tagg | Australia | gold coast

      My team: breakers
    22. 44259

      Australia

      GEOFF CLARKE | Australia | BRISBANE

      My team: WALLABIES
      FAST MOVING EXITING SPORT
    23. 44246

      Australia

      Michael Roberts | Australia | Gold Coast

      My team: Australia
      because all sports professional are equal..
    24. 44244

      Australia

      Kate Sutton | Australia

    25. 44219

      Australia

      Shane Maguire | Australia | Brisbane

      My team: Brothers, Reds, Wallabies
      BMX, Beach Volleyball.......why not?
    26. 44217

      Australia

      Paul Tunney | Australia

    27. 44211

      Australia

      Kylie Marshall | Australia | Brisbane

      My team: Wallabies
      What a fantastic Olymic team sport of honour and fair play
    28. 44209

      Australia

      Denis Owens | Australia

    29. 44207

      Australia

      Ian Johnston | Australia

    30. 44193

      Australia

      Tom Irwin | Australia

    31. 44188

      Australia

      Mark Mahoney | Australia | Brisbane

      My team: Wallabies
      Its a truly global game and fosters goodwill across the globe.
    32. 44187

      Australia

      Errol Gilbert | Australia | Sydney

      My team: EDRUFC Brisbane
    33. 44178

      Australia

      Kim Westwood | Australia | Perth

      My team: Western Force
      It is a global sport that even smaller nations particpate
    34. 44160

      Australia

      Peter Andree | Australia | Perth

      My team: Western Force
      Rugby is an international sport. It was an Olympic sport and should never have been removed. Rugby Sevens is a great way to introduce new people to the sport from around the world and is an ideal format for the Olympics and its related TV coverage. The added revenue from adding rugby sevens would be beneficial for the Olympic movement and for rugby.
    35. 44156

      Australia

      Matthew Wright | Australia | Perth

      My team: Western Force / Wallabies
      An exiciting game to watch and an ideal format for the Olympics.
    36. 44155

      Australia

      Kim Moscarda | Australia | Perth

      My team: Western Force
      Because it is the greatest team sport on Earth
    37. 44153

      Australia

      Andrew Fox | Australia | Melbourne

      My team: All Blacks
      As a global sport, it has every right to be added.
    38. 44135

      Australia

      Cinty McMullen | Australia | Perth

      My team: Western Force
      Why not? Waterpolo, soccer, hockey are examples of Olympic team sports - rugby should be there as well.
    39. 44124

      Australia

      anthony anderson | Australia | perth

      My team: western force
      It is a great way to introduce rugby to those nations that do not play the game. 7's is fast, non-stop action! In every competition around the world today it has developed a carnival atmospher, something that would truly suit the olympics!!
    40. 44093

      Australia

      Western Force | Australia | Perth

      My team: Wallabies
      It is the best game on earth!
    41. 44084

      Australia

      Sheree Kiel | Australia | Perth

      My team: Western Force
      Why SHOULDN'T rugby be olympic?
    42. 44078

      Australia

      anna cormac | Australia | sydnry

      My team: dural
      it deserves it
    43. 44071

      Australia

      Michael Mallis | Australia | Perth

      My team: Western Force
      Because it is a totally international sporting event.
    44. 44036

      Australia

      Nigel O'Donnell | Australia | Sydney

      My team: Brooklyn Rugby Club
      Unlike a lot of Olympic sports it is played, and is popular, all over the world.
    45. 44021

      Australia

      Andrew Mosey | Australia | Sydney

      My team: Waratahs
      Exciting and competitive International sport
    46. 43814

      Australia

      Angus Kerr | Australia | Perth

      My team: Western Force
      Rugby is a game that provides the opportunity for players to express their individual flair, and also requires team commitment. Sevens is the most exciting and exhilarating elements of rugby, distilled into a package that is highly competetive for the players and enthralling for spectators. It's time for rugby to show off what sets it apart from other football codes in the greatest sporting theatre of all; the Olympic Games.
    47. 43677

      Australia

      Esther Akbal | Australia | Sydney

      My team: Fiji
      It is such an international game...so fast and furious!!!
    48. 43675

      Australia

      Paul Diamond | Australia | Mackay

      My team: Queensland Reds
      Worlwide appeal
    49. 43596

      Australia

      charlie diggins | Australia

    50. 43574

      Australia

      Byron de Freitas | Australia | Perth

      My team: South Africa
      Rugby 7's is a perfect game for the olympics, its fast, entertaining and exciting. It deserves to be there more than many sports currently in the olympics as has what the olympics stands for.
    51. 43570

      Australia

      David Lu | Australia

    52. 43543

      Australia

      Rodger James | Australia | Perth

      My team: Associates
      Because it is a spectator sport,very quick the players are all athletes. The games are very short. The stadiums can be used by many other sports and if the stadiums are designed properly the spectators can get a fantastic appreciation of the game.
    53. 43478

      Australia

      Gerald Lloyd | Australia | Perth

      My team: Associates RUFC of Nedlands
      One of the oldest team sports and one of the most amateur. Alsoplayed in nearly every country
    54. 43457

      Australia

      Francis Loutsky | Australia | Perth

      My team: Western Force
    55. 43439

      Australia

      Maria Vear Vear | Australia | Perth

      My team: Nedlands RUFC
      Rugby is the ultimate team sport..it needs to be in the olympics...it unites countries.
    56. 43352

      Australia

      Jonathan westover | Australia | adelaide

      My team: warringah rats
      It's a great team game, which requires guts, strength, teamwork, individual skill, power, mental strength and the ability to overcome challenges and adversity. Great for men, women , girls and boys alike - which you can play from 5 years old to 70+ in the golden oldies
    57. 43325

      Australia

      Adam Cook | Australia | Perth

      My team: Cottesloe Rugby Union Football Club
      Because it is a great team game with fast paced action where the spectators are in close amongst the action. It also has a rich amateur history, devoid of too many doping scandals
    58. 43318

      Australia

      Jonathan Huston | Australia | perth

      My team: Western Force
    59. 43314

      Australia

      Alec Pender | Australia | Sydney

      My team: Stives Under 12 Golds
      It is a great sport and why should soccer be allowed when rugby isn't.
    60. 43311

      Australia

      Craig Smith-Gander | Australia | Perth

      My team: Western Force
      It is an original Olympic sport, its played everywhere in the world and in Heaven!
    61. 43200

      Australia

      Jakaara Mason | Australia | Gold Coast

      My team: Nerang Bulls Rugby
      Its gets more and more people interested in the sport plus its very entaining and is a sport that can involve the whole family
    62. 43178

      Australia

      barry robinson | Australia | Clyde

      My team: otago
    63. 43176

      Australia

      Elisabeth Lord | Australia | Sydney

    64. 43117

      Australia

      Michael Speers | Australia | Sydney

      My team: Waratahs
    65. 43103

      Australia

      Bob Searle | Australia | Fremantle

      My team: Western Force
      Because it's a real sport unlike some of the nonsense that's in the Olympics already
    66. 43080

      Australia

      Bill Lloyd | Australia | Perth

      My team: Associates
    67. 43076

      Australia

      Robert viol | Australia | Perth

      My team: Western Force
    68. 43068

      Australia

      Ryan McAlister | Australia | Perth

      My team: West Subiaco
      Because it is a world rcomised sport with good financial backing and it is also exciting spectator sport for associated and non associated people
    69. 43031

      Australia

      Terence Huxtable | Australia | Perth

      My team: Western Force
    70. 43010

      Australia

      Carl Huxtable | Australia | Perth Western Australia

      My team: Palmyra Rugby Club / Western Force
    71. 42960

      Australia

      phil cabassi | Australia | perth

      My team: western force
      rugby should be at the olympics as its an equally popular men's and women's event and gives smaller countries (ie. Fiji, Sth Africa, etc) a chance at success on a world stage.
    72. 42936

      Australia

      Paul Gilleland | Australia | Perth

      My team: Wallabies
      Because its a good hard game. the more teams the better it is!!
    73. 42917

      Australia

      will halliday | Australia | Sydney

      My team: Easts Rugby
    74. 42915

      Australia

      duncan hickman | Australia

    75. 42885

      Australia

      Kevern Hay | Australia | Brisbane

      My team: Wallabies
      Your joking aren't you?
    76. 42880

      Australia

      Shirley Godlewski | Australia | Mosman

      My team: Australian Wallabies/NSW Waratahs
      Because it a game of skill, endurance and fierce competition, and is also extremely entertaining
    77. 42845

      Australia

      Rachel Horton | Australia

    78. 42841

      Australia

      Tim Reid | Australia

    79. 42498

      Australia

      Al Ruddell | Australia | Dubai

      My team: Western Force
    80. 42317

      Australia

      Glenn Hedley | Australia | Melbourne

      My team: Australia
      Reinstate Rugby as its a global game!
    81. 41989

      Australia

      marcelo alejandro mierez | Australia | posadas

      My team: jockey club posadas
    82. 41792

      Australia

      Jonathan Karlovsky | Australia

    83. 41784

      Australia

      Naomi Sullivan | Australia

    84. 41747

      Australia

      John Ducey | Australia | Perth

      My team: Western Force
      Rugby is far more interesting than watching people jump over a bar.
    85. 41579

      Australia

      Joel Grinham Grinham | Australia | Perth

      My team: Force
      Its the best game, the game they play in heaven
    86. 41577

      Australia

      Leisa Kirby | Australia | Perth

      My team: Western Force
      It's a fabulous game and played in so many nations - why not!
    87. 41566

      Australia

      Robert Senior | Australia | Perth

      My team: Western Force
      It is a world game!!
    88. 41547

      Australia

      Mike Rammelt | Australia | Perth

      My team: All Blacks, Crusaders, Western Force, Wallabies
      Because it's a WORLD GAME and it's played in Heaven, so start now!
    89. 41537

      Australia

      Robyn Morgan | Australia | Perth

      My team: Wallabies
    90. 41532

      Australia

      David Packer | Australia | Perth

      My team: Cottesloe
      Because Rugby is a world sport
    91. 41518

      Australia

      Chris Reid | Australia | Melbourne

      My team: Melbourne Uni
      7's is a form of the game that so many countries can play due to their skill and agility. Many upsets occur over traditional rugby nations due to the passion and skill of these teams! And it's entertaining and a carnival atmosphere!
    92. 41492

      Australia

      Ravi Ehelepola | Australia | Perth

      My team: Western Force
      Because its more of a sport than Synchronised swimming
    93. 41460

      Australia

      Jake Davidson | Australia

    94. 41451

      Australia

      Nathan McNamara | Australia | Perth

      My team: Western Force
      With Rugby becoming a dominent sport in so many countries, i think that players should be able to compete at the highest level possible
    95. 41412

      Australia

      Rob Donaghue | Australia | Tieri

      My team: QLD Reds
      Rugby is a truley global game that captures the all the values of the olympic movement.
    96. 41409

      Australia

      Paul Reid | Australia | Brisbane

    97. 41408

      Australia

      Elliot Drury | Australia | Perth

      My team: Western Force
      The more rugby the better!Great competition!
    98. 41403

      Australia

      Scott Wallis | Australia | Brisbane

      My team: Qld Reds
      To let the world experience this sport
    99. 41386

      Australia

      Zoe Gillespie | Australia | Brisbane

      My team: QR Reds
      Rugby has proved itself as a popular stand alone sport and it is the perfect fit to lift the nations team spirit with such a great game
    100. 41384

      Australia

      Lachlan McMillan | Australia | Brisbane

      My team: Qld Reds
      Rugby is a truely international sport played in a large number of countries across the globe, for this reason alone it needs to be included in the Olympics.

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