We want Rugby at the Olympic Games:

Fast team game played by many nations.

Why not???

Good enough for soccer why not the rugby

it is an exciting game that brings nations of all sizes and types together

Best sport in the world

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.

Because it is an exciting team sport

Because it is a great sport enjoyed by ppl ALL over the world!!

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

Great game, great spectators!

Great to watch!

Because then there would be a distant sport at the olimpicys

It's a truly global game, why shouldn't it be included?

Because it's a fast paced exciting game that's great to watch!

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.

Why should Rugby be Olympic? Once they allowed synchronised swimming in the IOC lost the right to exclude anything. Synchronised swimming a sport!?

becuase its the greatest sport on the plant\et

Great entertainment value.

Rugby should be an Olympic sport because it is a world game, being played in many, many countries.

Because it is a time honoured sport that has spanned decades and countries

Great sport

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.

Add sport with more physical challenge than basketball or soccer. More closely emulate male physical challenge of the first olypics

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

because it has universal appeal to all ages, and is played by so many, and supported by so many more

It is the single most team activity - bonding individuals of all shapes and sizes into a team - unlike the majority of other team sports

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.

It is a global sport open to all with no need for expensive equipment

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.

Because 7s is awesome

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

Better than squash

It is spectacular, followed and played in many nations

Because it is a marvelous spectacle which requires great skill & athleticism; hallmarks of the Olympic Games

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.

Rugby is truly international, played in well over 100 countries. 7s is both great fun and great entertainment.

Because it's a great sport!

Rugby is a world team sport and is perfect for the Olympics

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

Fast game not requiring multiple venues, played by men and women

Because it is an exciting game, is played world wide and is a true international game of football

its a world game

Because it is a truly global sport and one of the

It is a worldwide team sport like all the other olympic sports

Its the original rugby code with 15 players - working together in strategic phases towards a common goal.

World game, only second behind soccer!

It draws massive crowds and is a progressive sport. Have you seen synchronised swimming drawing a crowd... wake up and smell the roses!

It's the best game in the world!!!

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.

it is a global sport with far reaching benefits world wide

It's a fantastic and exciting TEAM event, that requires elite skill and athleticism.

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.

Its a worldwide game..over 100 nations play it...

One of the most well known sports around the world.