1. 8916

      England

      Daniel Mays | England | Crookham

      My team: Gloucester
      because its the most passionate team game in the world!
    2. 8913

      England

      kat jury | England | London

      My team: London Irish
      Beacause it is a passionate dignified game
    3. 8904

      England

      harrison lakin | England | leicester

      My team: Leicester Tigers
      rugby is the best sport ever
    4. 8903

      England

      Su Howard | England

    5. 8902

      England

      Jeremy Gould | England

    6. 8901

      England

      Andy Young | England

    7. 8900

      England

      Patrick Finn | England | London

      My team: London-irish
      In order to give smaller nations are chance to play at an international level
    8. 8895

      England

      Karen Hillier | England | Bishops Stortford

      My team: Saracens
      A truly International Sport (and becoming more so). Also, a very sociable sport where supporters of all Teams freely mix together.
    9. 8894

      England

      Martin Yorke | England

    10. 8891

      England

      james horton | England | wolverhampton

      My team: leicester tigers
      Because it was once a major olympic event and it is one of the most watched sports in the world.
    11. 8882

      England

      Nigel Cooke | England | Norwich

      My team: Leicester Tigers
    12. 8873

      England

      Ina Yorke | England | Durham

      My team: Harrogate
    13. 8872

      England

      Paul Dayment | England | Gloucester

      My team: Gloucester and England
      Fast paced, physical, and skilful. If synchronised swimming is worthy, why isn't the greatest team sport on the planet?
    14. 8871

      England

      Craig Gilmour | England | Sunderland

      My team: Horden RFC
      Look how much of a success it is at the commonwealth games !
    15. 8868

      England

      William Orde | England | Newcastle

      My team: Homerton College, Cambridge
      It's awsome, that simple
    16. 8861

      England

      Scott Twiselton | England | Gloucester

      My team: Gloucester Rugby
      Because its a great and entertaining sport
    17. 8859

      England

      Nichole Bidos | England | London

      My team: Quins
    18. 8843

      England

      Ashley Wilmot | England | Leicester

      My team: Leicester Tigers
      Football is so why not rugby. Sevens is far more of a spectacle than football without a doubt.
    19. 8839

      England

      Gav Yardley | England | Wetherby, West Yorks

      My team: Leeds/Wetherby
      Best game in the world
    20. 8834

      England

      Andrew Viccars | England | Loughborough

      My team: Leicester Tigers
      Its a growing sport, it allows many nations to compete (even if they don't play 15-a-side rugby) and the matches could be held quickly and in one stadium.
    21. 8833

      England

      Katie Sarsfield | England | Maidenhead

      My team: London Irish
    22. 8831

      England

      Max Kirby | England | Leicester

      My team: Leicester
      It is fast paced, good natured, exciting and full of heart and pride.
    23. 8830

      England

      Sean Cook | England | Ludlow

      My team: Luctonians/Christ College Brecon
      I mean, they have handball in the olympics! Why not rugby? It is entertaining, and more people would watch the olympics than if it was, say, water polo.
    24. 8829

      England

      Paul Bidos | England | London

      My team: Harlequins
      a global sport deserves an olympic stage!
    25. 8827

      England

      James Wagstaff | England | London

      My team: Harlequins
      Because beach volleyball shouldn't.
    26. 8826

      England

      Anthony Catt | England

      My team: Newcastle Falcons
      Because it is one of the most high paced and unpredicatble sports the games could offer, with a mixture of front running and lower tear nations all being very competative and it would bring a new audience to the games who bring a a great social gfain for the games!
    27. 8825

      England

      Paul Adey | England | Gloucester

      My team: Gloucester Rugby
      Because it is already a world sport that is fast, furious, competetive and entertaining. It is also played in a spirit that complements the spirits of the Olympics
    28. 8824

      England

      Christopher Briggs | England | Portsmouth

      My team: Havant
      It is the greatest team sport for team work as well as the codes and ethics that the olympics holds high
    29. 8822

      England

      Mike Cooke | England | Fareham, Hants

      My team: Gloucester
      7 a side rugby would be a great attraction, in the spirit of the Olympics and make excellent viewing.
    30. 8812

      England

      Matt Powell | England

    31. 8808

      England

      Nick Roblin | England | London

      My team: Leicester
      It's the most inclusive game of all the applicants, would expand interest and participation and would be the pinnacle of the 7's game.
    32. 8804

      England

      Ben Johnson | England

    33. 8802

      England

      Nigel Willis | England | Gloucester

      My team: Gloucester
    34. 8801

      England

      Anjuli Seaborne | England | London

      My team: Harlequins
    35. 8798

      England

      Ben Quarry | England | London

      My team: London Wasps
      It is the best sport in the world and the most entertaining to watch.. Simple as.
    36. 8793

      England

      peter cook | England | Ludlow

      My team: Gloucester
      It's the best team sport and a great spectacle.
    37. 8790

      England

      Roy Kirby | England | Gloucester

      My team: Gloucester
      Rugby is a great sport universally, with skills from both individuals and as a team that are in excess of other sports already competing in the Olympics
    38. 8789

      England

      derrick carr | England | gloucester

      My team: gloucester rugby
    39. 8786

      England

      michael prince | England | cheltenham

      My team: gloucester
      because its brilliant to watch and a game for all physiques
    40. 8782

      England

      john rye | England

    41. 8781

      England

      James Eastwood | England

    42. 8772

      England

      kieran rocks | England | southampton

      My team: eastliegh
    43. 8768

      England

      Callum Rocks | England | southampton

      My team: trojans
    44. 8764

      England

      Jack Roberts | England | Twickenham

      My team: Harlequins
      Because it is the most entertaining sport in the world.
    45. 8761

      England

      Guy Pickets | England | Sheffield

      My team: Barnsley RUFC
      I think that 7's should become an olympic sport as it is a fast paced and entertaining sport. It will bring in crows, and also help raise the profile of the sport in countries where it is not really seen.
    46. 8759

      England

      James Turner | England

    47. 8756

      England

      Jason Gwynne | England | Hereford

      My team: Gloucester Rugby
      Rugby 7s should be an olympic sport because, it is requires speed, skill, strength, power, selfless commitment, teamwork, respect for others and officials (something lacking in other sports undertaken at the olympics!) It will help to further develop this as a sport around the world, giving the oppourtunity for many other individuals to participate at the worlds greatest sporting event.
    48. 8754

      England

      Jeff Ball | England | Newcastle

      My team: Newcastle Falcons
      Any one who has been to a sevens event realises the accesability, excitement and pure entertainment it offers, with true athletes competing and showing their individual talents and team work with those that combining them together usually being the winners. And that is what the heart of the olympics is all about!
    49. 8748

      England

      CHRISTOPHER POLLARD | England | CHELTENHAM

      My team: GLOUCESTER RUGBY CLUB
      It would an exciting addition to the Olympics, and open up the eyes of the World's youth to a great sport
    50. 8743

      England

      WILLIAM THOMPSON | England | ST ALBANS

    51. 8739

      England

      Seth Kitson | England

    52. 8738

      England

      Milly Winch | England | peterborough

      My team: spalding and support leicester tigers
      Because rugby is a growing sport that is being enjoyed by more and more people. Also rugby is a sport that promotes respect, so that can't be bad?
    53. 8737

      England

      will broadway | England

    54. 8735

      England

      Ed Bowron | England | Wells

      My team: Gloucester RFC
    55. 8734

      England

      Dianne Gibson | England | Huddersfield

      My team: Leeds
      because its played by athletes and not to include them is discrimination
    56. 8733

      England

      Rob Ward | England | Bath

      My team: Bath
      It is an exciting game, especially on hard summer grounds. It would be the pinnacle of rugby sevens, which requires a different skill set from the 15-a-side game.
    57. 8732

      England

      Mark Hoggins | England

    58. 8731

      England

      lester Wilson | England

    59. 8729

      England

      Andrew McLellan | England | Leeds

      My team: Leeds
      As a real international sport, which is exciting and enjoyable
    60. 8728

      England

      Kola Adeosun | England | Southampton

      My team: London Irish
    61. 8724

      England

      Finbar Conway | England

    62. 8721

      England

      Simon Collyer-Bristow | England

      My team: Cirencester RFC
      The game of 7's allows both the established and emerging rugby nations to play on equal footing. It is free of too many law technicalities; is quick and pacey encompassing strength, speed and agility; is one of the ultimate team games and is a great spectator sport.
    63. 8719

      England

      toby turk | England | st.albans

      My team: OA Rugby
      short, quickfire games, fast-flowing, lots of tension. raise profile of rugby throughout world
    64. 8715

      England

      Richard Varle | England | Durham

      My team: Gateshead RFC
      Fast, easy to organise. A great combination of skill & aggression with total respect for the officials.
    65. 8714

      England

      Matthew Bass | England | Northampton

      My team: Northampton Saints
      The Sevens is such an athletic, physical and skillful game it summarises everything that the Olympic games should be about. Rugby players hold sportsmanship in the highest regard way above professional sports like football and tennis and should be ahead of them in the olympic movement.
    66. 8712

      England

      Steve Nottingham | England | Wakefield

      My team: England
      Amazing end to end action. Fantastic atmosphere wherever its played.
    67. 8708

      England

      Rhys Campbell-Smith | England | London

      My team: Harlequins and Cobham
      Because it's a sport played by millions of people around the world in many many different countries and can help prevent social exlcusion, teaches people certain life skills that you would find hard to learn anywhere else.
    68. 8707

      England

      Jean Morgan | England | Salisbury

      My team: Gloucester
      Rugby is a game for all shapes and sizes. The family of rugby is world wide.
    69. 8703

      England

      Shove Ben | England | Rochester

      My team: Old Gravesendians
      Because it is a fast highly entertaining game which draws big crowds to most events. Football is in the Olympics so why shouldn't rugby be in there too.
    70. 8702

      England

      Walter Harvey | England | Reading

      My team: London Irish
      It a great game.....
    71. 8689

      England

      Phil Allcock | England | Gloucester

      My team: Gloucester
    72. 8679

      England

      Jonathan Ellis | England

    73. 8678

      England

      steve robinson | England | Bristol

      My team: Gloucester
    74. 8676

      England

      Will Ford | England | London

      My team: Alton
      The excitement!!!!
    75. 8672

      England

      Nicholas Cope | England

    76. 8670

      England

      Anne Barrie | England | London

      My team: Saracens
      Rugby Sevens is a team sport and the Olympics is about teams and not individuals. Sevens was included in the Commonwealth Games and was a great success.
    77. 8667

      England

      Kate Elliott | England | London

      My team: London Wasps
      Because it is played and watched in such a marvelous spirit and brings such joy to spectators from many nationalities. The Olympic Committee just needs to attend one of the IRB Sevens tournaments to see this for itself.
    78. 8661

      England

      Toby Fryer | England | Basingstoke

      My team: London irish
      Excellent game, and 7s is easier for other nations to get involved in outside of the traditonal rugby nations.
    79. 8659

      England

      Anne Wagstaff | England

    80. 8653

      England

      Karen Mallender | England | Newcastle

      My team: Newcastle Falcons
      Rugby 7s would be a brilliant addition to the Olympic games - I was fortunate to be at the Commonwealth games 7s in Manchester - which was a suberb tournament.
    81. 8651

      England

      Russell Ingmire | England | Gloucester

      My team: Gloucester Rugby
      Why shouldn't rugby be in the olympics?
    82. 8648

      England

      Michael Duggan | England

    83. 8647

      England

      Lucy Cotton | England | York

      My team: Leeds Carnegie
      because there is an olympic everything else! why should rugby be left off the radar, when it is such a great game?
    84. 8642

      England

      Callum Burroughs | England | London

      My team: Chipstead RFC
      Because rugby is easliy the most social and entertaining sport in the world, and the 7s format is fantastic and england has the venues to host it.
    85. 8640

      England

      mark cotton | England | York

      My team: Leeds Carnegie
      To raise the profile of the game thus ensuring more countries take it up.
    86. 8637

      England

      Matthew Trueman | England | Rotherham

      My team: Rotherham Titans
      Because sevens is a very exciting game, and rugby needs some major exposure to try and promote not only sevens but the 15 man game worldwide
    87. 8636

      England

      Matthew Humphreys | England | Stoke

      My team: Trentham
      It will bring many more countries into contention, it will raise interest and expand the game
    88. 8634

      England

      George Bingle | England | Gloucester

      My team: Gloucester!
    89. 8626

      England

      Harry Johnson | England | Cardiff

      My team: Leiceter
      Rugby should be olympic because no other sport offers all the aspects of the Olympics in one; strength, speed, power and stamina. the crowds would love it and it has shown to be a hugely popular sport, both on the IRB sevens series and the commenwealth games. Please let rugby in!!
    90. 8620

      England

      Tim Fitzpatrick | England

    91. 8615

      England

      Barney Glaze | England | Gillingham

      My team: Aylesford
      Rugby brings people together in the spirit of fun, competition and community.
    92. 8612

      England

      Joe Turner | England

    93. 8608

      England

      Rob Tyzzer | England | Sheffield

      My team: Sheffield Medics Rugby
      because Rubgy is the best team sport in the world, so should be at the best sporting event in the world
    94. 8605

      England

      Michael Brosnan | England | London

      My team: London Irish
      Rugby 7s should be in teh Olympics because it is popular, entertaining, inclusive, and has a solid grass-roots development structure
    95. 8601

      England

      freddie frith | England | Brighton

      My team: Brighton Blues
      Because its up and coming sport that is exciting to watch live and on tv
    96. 8596

      England

      Joseph Mitchell | England | Derby

      My team: Leicester Tigers
      It is a fun, family sport that is attracting more and more people each year, and now with countries like Kenya playing well in 7s it should be pushed further and further
    97. 8590

      England

      Gareth Hughes | England

    98. 8584

      England

      Andrew Jordan | England

    99. 8583

      England

      will heath | England | London

      My team: England
    100. 8579

      England

      Josh Kirby | England | london

      My team: sarcens
      Causse its an amazing team sport that should be at the olympic's no question about it!

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