1. 46310

      Australia

      Corinne Gepp | Australia | Perth

      My team: Western Force
      Fast team game played by many nations.
    2. 46308

      Australia

      Jane Porter | Australia | WA

      My team: Western Force
      Why not???
    3. 46303

      Australia

      lynley Rattray | Australia | Dongara

      My team: western force/All blacks
      Good enough for soccer why not the rugby
    4. 46298

      Australia

      Tom Pinder | Australia

    5. 46294

      Australia

      Iain Melotte | Australia | perth

      My team: western force
      it is an exciting game that brings nations of all sizes and types together
    6. 46291

      Australia

      Anthony Tiernan | Australia | Sydney

      My team: Roosters
    7. 46288

      Australia

      Jonathan Mills | Australia

    8. 46286

      Australia

      Ruaridh Williamson | Australia | Perth

      My team: Western Force
      Best sport in the world
    9. 46285

      Australia

      Jacquie Garton-Smith | Australia

    10. 46284

      Australia

      Ben Forsyth | Australia | Meekatharra

      My team: Associates/Western Force/Wallabies
      Rugby 7's is an all inclusive team sport, for both genders, that is making great inroads in developing countries, with countries such as Kenya being able to be competitive against the traditional 15's power houses such as New Zealand. The world is embracing 7's and 7's is ready to enhance the Olympics as a sport that truly exemplifies "Citius, Altius, Fortius" in every match.
    11. 46282

      Australia

      Hilary Adendorff | Australia | Perth

      My team: Western Force
      Because it is an exciting team sport
    12. 46265

      Australia

      Courtney Johnston | Australia | Perth, WA

      My team: Western Force and All Blacks
      Because it is a great sport enjoyed by ppl ALL over the world!!
    13. 46258

      Australia

      Malcolm Jenkinson | Australia | Perth

      My team: Emirates Western Force
      Rugby is a major sport enjoyed around the world by skilled and professionally organised groups with a long history of support. It has an international competition approach that fosters discipline and health and is actually fun
    14. 46250

      Australia

      Susan Wharton | Australia | Perth

      My team: Force
      Great game, great spectators!
    15. 46248

      Australia

      Keenan Edinger | Australia | Perth

      My team: Wallabies
      Great to watch!
    16. 46244

      Australia

      Nick Murphy | Australia | Brisbane

      My team: Western Force
      Because then there would be a distant sport at the olimpicys
    17. 46242

      Australia

      pete ferguson | Australia

    18. 46241

      Australia

      Steve Barrett | Australia | Perth

      My team: Western Force
      It's a truly global game, why shouldn't it be included?
    19. 46239

      Australia

      Sandra Back | Australia | Perth

      My team: Emirates Western Force
      Because it's a fast paced exciting game that's great to watch!
    20. 46238

      Australia

      Chris Papaioannou | Australia

    21. 46231

      Australia

      Ashley morrison | Australia | Perth

      My team: Blue Bulls & Bath
    22. 46169

      Australia

      Bruce Prichard | Australia | Perth

      My team: New Zealand
    23. 46166

      Australia

      Anthony O'Donohue | Australia | Brisbane

      My team: Queensland Reds
      It is a truly international sport, interesting and exciting to watch (particularly sevens), it has real athletic ability and diverse skills required, and would attract a good level of support from viewers and sponsors worldwide.
    24. 46165

      Australia

      Annette Finch | Australia

    25. 46161

      Australia

      Glenn Casey | Australia | Sydney

      My team: Dirty Reds
      Why should Rugby be Olympic? Once they allowed synchronised swimming in the IOC lost the right to exclude anything. Synchronised swimming a sport!?
    26. 46158

      Australia

      hamish bonifant | Australia

    27. 46156

      Australia

      Alena Jacobson | Australia | Brisbane

      My team: Reds
    28. 46136

      Australia

      Tom Enright | Australia | Perth

      My team: Associates
      becuase its the greatest sport on the plant\et
    29. 46129

      Australia

      Craig Pitt | Australia | Melbourne

      My team: Waratahs
      Great entertainment value.
    30. 46128

      Australia

      Kelly Stephen | Australia | Brisbane

      My team: Brothers
      Rugby should be an Olympic sport because it is a world game, being played in many, many countries.
    31. 46126

      Australia

      Aimee Kriegler | Australia

    32. 46124

      Australia

      Jenni Tiernan | Australia | Perth

      My team: Wallabies
      Because it is a time honoured sport that has spanned decades and countries
    33. 46120

      Australia

      Shannon Saxby | Australia | Brisbane

      My team: Queensland Reds, Wallabies
    34. 46116

      Australia

      John Cooper | Australia

    35. 46113

      Australia

      Christophe Galibert | Australia | Brisbane

      My team: QLD Reds
      Great sport
    36. 46109

      Australia

      Sean Poole-Warren | Australia | Brisbane

      My team: GPS & the reds
      Last of the 'amatuer' codes of football. As soon from the rugby world cup, the Super 14's the 6 nations etc - it is a game nopw played across the globe - even the USA have a team.
    37. 46103

      Australia

      John cupit | Australia | Sydney

      My team: Gordon, Waratahs, Wallabies
      Add sport with more physical challenge than basketball or soccer. More closely emulate male physical challenge of the first olypics
    38. 46101

      Australia

      Paul Crellin | Australia

    39. 46099

      Australia

      Christopher Newton | Australia | Brisbane

      My team: The Wallabies
      Rugby is a truly international sport played across the world. 7's is a spectacular visual sporting event which will add excitement and enthusiasm to the olympics
    40. 46095

      Australia

      Pat Fisher | Australia | Brisbane

      My team: All Blacks
    41. 46091

      Australia

      Michael Heeney | Australia | Brisbane

    42. 46072

      Australia

      Kate Kilpatrick | Australia

      My team: Wallabies/Qld Reds
    43. 46067

      Australia

      andrew wood | Australia

      My team: The Reds
    44. 46019

      Australia

      Patricia Reeve | Australia | Brisbane

      My team: Wallabies
      because it has universal appeal to all ages, and is played by so many, and supported by so many more
    45. 46015

      Australia

      Doug Williams | Australia

    46. 46001

      Australia

      Charles Cupit | Australia

    47. 45819

      Australia

      Bruce Forbes | Australia

    48. 45752

      Australia

      Jim Vita | Australia | Seymour

      My team: We don't have one. Just a spectator that enjoys the sport
    49. 45736

      Australia

      john mann | Australia

    50. 45733

      Australia

      Jock Tiernan | Australia | Singapore

      My team: ACS Independent and scc rugby Club
      It is the single most team activity - bonding individuals of all shapes and sizes into a team - unlike the majority of other team sports
    51. 45699

      Australia

      john eales | Australia | sydney

    52. 45692

      Australia

      John Canning | Australia | Sydney

      My team: Wallabies
    53. 45670

      Australia

      Vince Creagh | Australia

    54. 45669

      Australia

      Roger Nasser | Australia | Sydney

      My team: Queensland Reds
      Anyone who witnessed the Rugby 7s about the Melbourne Commonwealth Games in 2006 would be convinced it should be an Olympic sport (fast, exciting, easy to understand, played by male and female, and increasingly played by a range of countries). It's also the only sport which would fill the main Olympic Stadium in Week 1 before the Track & Field Competition commences.
    55. 45626

      Australia

      robin lee | Australia | pernitz

      My team: wombats
    56. 45609

      Australia

      Paul Bynon | Australia | Perth

      My team: Brumbies
    57. 45585

      Australia

      Ian Barker | Australia | Sydney

      My team: Waratahs
      It is a global sport open to all with no need for expensive equipment
    58. 45582

      Australia

      Peter Richardson | Australia | Cairns

      My team: Cairns Old Crocs
    59. 45578

      Australia

      Matthew Dodson | Australia | Brisbane

      My team: Qld Reds & Australia
      Rugby Union was one of the founding sports of the modern Olympic tradition. Rugby Union is the largest international contact ball game in the world. Rugby Union is played in almost as many countries throughout the world as football/soccer. Rugby Union is played at a very high standard internationally, comparable to (if not better than) many of the current Olympic sports.
    60. 45568

      Australia

      Murray Farquharson | Australia | Perth

      My team: Wallabies
      Because 7s is awesome
    61. 45567

      Australia

      stephen williamson | Australia | Brisbane

      My team: referees
      I saw the 2009 world cup in Dubai..what a spectacle!!!Men and women from all over the world in a team sport
    62. 45563

      Australia

      Innes Stafford | Australia

    63. 45561

      Australia

      Lachie Hill | Australia

    64. 45557

      Australia

      Susan Hill | Australia | Brisbane

      My team: Reds
      Better than squash
    65. 45550

      Australia

      Richard Watkins | Australia | Brisbane

      My team: Australia
      It is spectacular, followed and played in many nations
    66. 45549

      Australia

      Brian Guest | Australia | Perth

      My team: Western Force
      Because it is a marvelous spectacle which requires great skill & athleticism; hallmarks of the Olympic Games
    67. 45544

      Australia

      Richard Hales | Australia | Perth

      My team: Western Force
      Rugby 7s should be at the Olympics because it is a very fast growing sport and is competed competitively by a range of countries not just the established test playing nations. It is exciting to watch and at the moment it is very hard to predict beforehand who is going to win a 7s tournament.
    68. 45543

      Australia

      James Todd | Australia | Sydney

      My team: Waratahs
      Rugby is truly international, played in well over 100 countries. 7s is both great fun and great entertainment.
    69. 45541

      Australia

      David Andersen | Australia | Sydney

      My team: Waratahs/Wallabies
      Because it's a great sport!
    70. 45536

      Australia

      Peter Schmidt | Australia | Brisbane

      My team: Reds/Wallabies
      Rugby is a world team sport and is perfect for the Olympics
    71. 45533

      Australia

      Peter Murphy | Australia | Brisbane

      My team: Eatsern Districts plus the QLD Reds
      beucae it is a sports that embraces people of all shapes and sizes, as well as age and physical ability. It is the true sports that represents all the ideals of the Olympic traditions
    72. 45527

      Australia

      Matthew Green | Australia | Sydney

    73. 45526

      Australia

      Andrew Peacock | Australia | Sydney

      My team: Waratahs / Manly
      Fast game not requiring multiple venues, played by men and women
    74. 45523

      Australia

      Sean Cooney | Australia | Sydney

      My team: Randwick, NSW and Australia
      Because it is an exciting game, is played world wide and is a true international game of football
    75. 45522

      Australia

      David Waldie | Australia

    76. 45521

      Australia

      Lance Smith | Australia | Brisbane

      My team: Wallabies
    77. 45518

      Australia

      damian wright | Australia | brisbane

      My team: reds
      its a world game
    78. 45516

      Australia

      John Hill | Australia | Brisbane

      My team: Qld Reds
      Because it is a truly global sport and one of the
    79. 45510

      Australia

      Graeme Wikman | Australia | Brisbane

      My team: Wallabies
    80. 45507

      Australia

      Grant Murdoch | Australia | Brisbane

      My team: University
    81. 45506

      Australia

      anna coventry | Australia | brisbane

      My team: queensland reds
      It is a worldwide team sport like all the other olympic sports
    82. 45498

      Australia

      Kim Tomlinson | Australia | Brisbane

      My team: Reds
      Its the original rugby code with 15 players - working together in strategic phases towards a common goal.
    83. 45497

      Australia

      Adam Stone | Australia | Perth

      My team: Western Force
    84. 45495

      Australia

      Toby Long | Australia | Sydney

      My team: Waratahs
    85. 45494

      Australia

      John Grainger | Australia | Brisbane

      My team: Brothers, Queensland, Aussie.
      World game, only second behind soccer!
    86. 45493

      Australia

      Barry Brown | Australia | Sydney

      My team: Manly
      It draws massive crowds and is a progressive sport. Have you seen synchronised swimming drawing a crowd... wake up and smell the roses!
    87. 45482

      Australia

      Janet Rickard | Australia | Sydney

      My team: Warratahs
      It's the best game in the world!!!
    88. 45481

      Australia

      Mr Nick Belyea | Australia | Broome

      My team: Western Force abd Australia
      Because it is played in heaps of countries and the World cup is testimony of this. There is also a very healthy veterans competition world wide. It's just an exciting sport and leaves borinbg soccer for dead.
    89. 45475

      Australia

      ken rickard | Australia | sydney

      My team: waratahs
      it is a global sport with far reaching benefits world wide
    90. 45468

      Australia

      Bernard Whewell | Australia

    91. 45461

      Australia

      Murray Campbell | Australia | Sydney

      My team: Waratahs
    92. 45457

      Australia

      Kingsley Seale | Australia | Sydney

      My team: Wallabies
      It's a fantastic and exciting TEAM event, that requires elite skill and athleticism.
    93. 45456

      Australia

      Sian Covell | Australia | PERTH

      My team: Palmyra
    94. 45451

      Australia

      Jim Gill | Australia | Perth

      My team: Western Force
      It is a major international sport with a massive following... far more in fact than many Olympic sports. Rugby Sevens is a fantastic spectator sport and deserves its place in the world's greatest sporitn event.
    95. 45437

      Australia

      martyn pointer | Australia | sydney

      My team: Tahs
    96. 45435

      Australia

      Craig Lawrence | Australia

    97. 45433

      Australia

      John Seale | Australia | Sydney

      My team: Gordon Rugby Club
      Its a worldwide game..over 100 nations play it...
    98. 45417

      Australia

      Steve Tomlin | Australia | Brisbane

      My team: QLD REDS
      One of the most well known sports around the world.
    99. 45413

      Australia

      Roger Byrne | Australia | Sydney

      My team: Wallabies
    100. 45406

      Australia

      Reg Brandis | Australia | Brisbane

      My team: Australia

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