1. 9441

      England

      Jonathan Hooper | England | Gillingham

      My team: Bath
      The greatest sport in the world should be part of the greatest sporting event in the world.
    2. 9434

      England

      George Knotts | England | Newcastle

      My team: Falcons
      Because it is fast, skillful and good to watch
    3. 9433

      England

      Richard Beadnall | England

    4. 9430

      England

      John Knight | England | Sheffield

      My team: Mosborough R.U.F.C
    5. 9429

      England

      tom spaight | England | Bristol

      My team: wasps
      fun, simple for neutrals, fast, actually fill the stadiums and anyone can beat anyone
    6. 9424

      England

      Nick Connor | England | Reading

      My team: London Irish
    7. 9420

      England

      Jacob Poulton | England | Chichester

      My team: Havant RFC
    8. 9419

      England

      David Phillips | England | Marlow

      My team: Saracens
    9. 9417

      England

      qweri WUR | England

    10. 9416

      England

      Ann & John Richardson | England

    11. 9405

      England

      Gurvinder Vim | England | Coventry

      My team: Coventry
      Because it is a fast and exciting sport and especially the 7s format can become very exciting.
    12. 9401

      England

      Sam Porter | England | Newcastle

      My team: Newcastle Falcons
      Because it's more entertaining than football and the players are much better role models for children
    13. 9397

      England

      Jonny Askham | England | Lancaster

      My team: Sale Sharks
      It will add a lot more drama, physicality and life to the olympics!
    14. 9392

      England

      Charlotte Hingston | England

      Why shouldn't it be in the olympics?
    15. 9389

      England

      will nickson | England | Lancaster

    16. 9386

      England

      maximillion dunmore | England | london

      My team: ocrfc
    17. 9385

      England

      Oliver Hough | England | London

      My team: Northampton Saints
      A true test of endurance and athletic ability allied to team ethics make rugby 7s a sport that truly reflects the Olympic ideal
    18. 9379

      England

      dominic rees | England | london

      My team: blackheath
      because it envolves a new class of champions!!!!!!!!
    19. 9376

      England

      billy hyslop | England | coventry

      My team: leicester tigers
      because it is an excelent chance to help promote the excelent sport of rugby
    20. 9370

      England

      Stuart Polson | England | Bedford

      My team: Bedford Athletic
      The Olympics are all about togetherness and respect, so too is rugby. To not have rugby in the olympics means that one of the biggest sports in the world is left out, meaning thousands of players and hundreds of countries left out of such a great spectacle. The respect and traditions of rugby will add something quite special to an already amazing event. Just imagine a Haka infront of an olympic stadium or the chants of 'swing low...' filling the air and you realise why rugby must become an olympic sport.
    21. 9369

      England

      Neil Wood | England | Gloucester

      My team: Gloucester
      Why shouldn't Rugby be Olympic
    22. 9367

      England

      Stephanie Thorne | England

    23. 9352

      England

      Jane Jelley | England | Leicester

      My team: Leicester Tigers
      Has all the components of the Olympic Motto
    24. 9345

      England

      henry lewith | England

    25. 9341

      England

      Ken Payne | England | Birmingham

      My team: Leeds
      Open to all
    26. 9310

      England

      Darren masters | England

    27. 9303

      England

      Edward Amos | England | London

      My team: Old Alleynians FC
    28. 9296

      England

      brian millard | England | surrey

      My team: london irish
      because the sport still adheres to true olympic ideals
    29. 9292

      England

      Charles Hobbs | England | Crawley

      My team: London Wasps
    30. 9287

      England

      Neil Roberts | England | Gloucester

      My team: Gloucester
    31. 9275

      England

      matt evans | England | gloucester

      My team: gloucester
      It is a thrilling and enjoyable sport were both fans can have a talk and joke with each other
    32. 9273

      England

      Luke Gaffney | England | Middlesbrough

      My team: Leeds Carnegie/Royal Navy
      The valuable lessons that rugby teaches such as discipline, team work, hard work and solidarity should be spread through the Olympics.
    33. 9259

      England

      Lee Smith | England | Canvey Island

      My team: Leicester Tigers
    34. 9251

      England

      neilan mylvaganam | England

    35. 9241

      England

      Simon Lynch | England | Blackpool

      My team: Sale Sharks
      It is far more exciting than clay shooting, or horse riding. Other countries, which do not do as well in other Olympic sports, might have a better chance at rugby. Anyway, rugby is the best, and most exciting sport on the planet. And everyone respects each other, unlike in football, where they dive around like someone has shot them from close range. Get rugby in the Olympics! Open your eyes, IOC.
    36. 9240

      England

      Jakes de Kock | England | Harrogate

      My team: Blue Bulls
      Gives SA at least a chance to win some gold
    37. 9233

      England

      Ian Harley | England | Wolverhampton

      My team: Bath
      From the number of teams entering the IRB Sevens it is clear it is a growing sport, both in size and popularity. The games continuing rise throughout Europe, Africa and the America's also proves that it rugby is a much bigger sport than many already in the Olympics. It is incredible that the sport has not been included before!
    38. 9229

      England

      Ryan Fernando | England | Bristol

      My team: Bristol
      Because it is very athletic, skillful and all round entertaining to watch.
    39. 9228

      England

      Robbie Poole | England

    40. 9224

      England

      Tony Byrne | England

    41. 9217

      England

      matt williams | England | Lancaster

      My team: Vale of Lune
      Rugby should be in the olympics because you need speed, power, strength, team work and intelligence to play.
    42. 9216

      England

      Jack Martin-King | England | Woodbridge

      My team: Woodbridge
      Because its an exciting free-flowing game of skill and strength
    43. 9215

      England

      Alexander Newton | England | Lancaster

      My team: Sale sharks
      Rugby is a fast exciting game that spreads honour and integrity among players and supporters. It encourages true sportsmanship, willingness to sacrifice yourself for your mates and pride in the team. Unlike other popluar sports such as football (soccer), different sets of supporters can happily sit side by side without fear of conflict. This singles rugby out as a truly social game which can be enjoyed by all. For these reasons i believe rugby deserves the exposure that the olympics would give it and I look to watching the worldwide rugby community spread.
    44. 9206

      England

      Tom Grover | England

      Very fun, entertaining, interesting, tense team game which inspires passion amongst fans and players alike.
    45. 9197

      England

      Ben Stone | England | Leicester

      My team: Lutterworth
    46. 9195

      England

      Aidan Barry | England | Tewkesbury

      My team: Bath
      Higher, Faster, Stronger
    47. 9192

      England

      will foster | England

    48. 9186

      England

      Angus Saunders | England | Truro

      My team: Perranporth
      It it exciting, and just as worthy to be there as football, i would make sure that me and my friends were at 2012 to see the 7's!
    49. 9182

      England

      sam walker | England | Birmingham

      My team: Northampton
      its excellent!
    50. 9174

      England

      george irwin | England

    51. 9173

      England

      andy fielding | England | preston

      My team: newcastle
      cos its fooking ace ;)
    52. 9169

      England

      William Ball | England | London

      My team: Saracens
      7s rugby isn't just a hugely successful and exciting spectacle but also something that has been proven on the world stage to be competitive between a number of nations.
    53. 9167

      England

      Dan Crisp | England | Gloucester

      My team: Gloucester Rugby
      Rugby should be included in the olympic games based upon the impact that LEDC countries such as Kenya and Portugal have shown the world on the 7's circuit. If Rugby was included within the next olympics im sure many more suprises would occur...Thanks
    54. 9147

      England

      Peter Davies | England | London

      My team: Harlequins
      It is a fast hard game that promotes teamship and unity. It must become an olympic sport.
    55. 9140

      England

      Ben Stansfield | England | Leicester

      My team: Leicester Tigers
      It's a great game, which is a team game, which helps with teamwork and support which is very important for the olymics
    56. 9133

      England

      daniel allen | England | wolverhampton

      My team: wolverhampton
    57. 9122

      England

      Darren Hill | England | Gloucester

      My team: Gloucester
      Because it is exiting to watch and is a high profile, widely followed global sport
    58. 9120

      England

      Stephen Thomas | England

      My team: Sale Sharks
    59. 9114

      England

      Ross Geoffreys | England | Loughborough

      My team: Luxembourg
    60. 9111

      England

      Ben Hodgson | England | London

      My team: Ospreys
    61. 9110

      England

      Mark Evans | England

    62. 9102

      England

      Michael Milne | England

    63. 9100

      England

      Terry Harris | England | Gloucester

      My team: Gloucester
      Because it the best game in the world!
    64. 9096

      England

      Dan Tarr | England

    65. 9095

      England

      Malcolm Oluwasanmi | England | Ashfeild

      My team: Ashfeild stormers
      Basketball ? football? hockey ? Table tennis? Equestrian? (O.o) rugby came first
    66. 9081

      England

      Thomas Lane | England | Gloucester

      My team: Gloucester Rugby
    67. 9078

      England

      thomas kennedy | England | london

      My team: harlequins
      it brings strong moral grounding and a love of hard work
    68. 9077

      England

      Richard Mugford | England | Camberley

      My team: Harlequins
      A fantastic sport, with a simular amateur ethos as the olympics, played on all continents. It's fast, requires only a day or two to play a whole competition.
    69. 9073

      England

      Sarah Hayes | England | Gloucester

      My team: Tewkesbury WRFC
      A Great spectator sport, that will bring added value to the Olympics
    70. 9060

      England

      Mark Elton | England

    71. 9056

      England

      Benjamin Filbey | England | Bristol

      My team: England / London Irish
      Exciting spectator sport that can be played by a wide range of people!
    72. 9048

      England

      Alan Carr | England | London

      My team: Harlequins
      Because its a great sport and is played world wide.
    73. 9046

      England

      Iwan Williams | England | London

      My team: Ospery's
    74. 9039

      England

      Jason Riseborough | England | Milton Keynes

      My team: Leicester Tigers
      Brings all the nations together. Hong Kong 7's as an example cant be wrong!!
    75. 9032

      England

      richard milliner | England | cirencester

      My team: gloucester rugby
      sevens is fast paced and exciting to watch. rules not too complicated for non rugby people.
    76. 9030

      England

      James Stangroom | England | Bristol

      My team: Harlequins
      Because it is the most open, exciting team sport around and definately played in the olympic spirit.
    77. 9027

      England

      phil warwicker | England

    78. 9024

      England

      ben chambers | England

    79. 9017

      England

      Ken Burney | England | Cheltenham

      My team: Gloucester
    80. 9014

      England

      Liam Austen | England | London

      My team: Portsmouth Uni
      It's an amazing spectator sport.
    81. 9004

      England

      Ian Sarsfield | England | Maidenhead

      My team: London Irish
      It's one of the very few sports where smaller countries can compete on an equal basis and has probably the best track record of ANY sport in terms of encouraging youth participation and camerarderie amongst supporters
    82. 8995

      England

      Graham Mclaughlin | England

    83. 8994

      England

      Jon Kendall | England | London

      My team: Harlequins
      Because it is a global sport and contains all elements of the olympic ideal
    84. 8987

      England

      tommy callow | England | worcester

      My team: worcester
      fast paced game, very entertaning, fun to play. everything a sport requires
    85. 8986

      England

      karl Davison | England | Gloucester

      My team: Gloucester RUFC
      Because its fast and exciting and there are many good teams at 7's level that can compete on the olympic stage where normally they would not excel - look at how well Fiji and Kenya are doing. If given the thumbs up for the olympics they would have even more incentive to get stuck in and produce more pedigree players, which in turn will also develop the full 15 version of the game in countries with a less developed appreciation for rugby.
    86. 8979

      England

      Ian Morris | England | Peterborough

      My team: Northampton Saints
      It has proved successful in the commonwealth games so why not introduce into the olympics - it would also encourage the emerging nations to enter teams!
    87. 8977

      England

      roger swallow | England | guiting power

      My team: gloucester
    88. 8976

      England

      Graham Foord | England

      It's athletic, skilful, fast and very entertaining.
    89. 8975

      England

      Roger Mortimer | England | Leicester

      My team: Leicester Tigers
      Rugby is a team game that anyone can play.
    90. 8964

      England

      Dick Whittington | England

    91. 8963

      England

      mark barwick | England | london

      My team: harlequins
      i love it
    92. 8960

      England

      Gareth Owen | England | Manchester

      My team: Winnington Park
      Rugby 7's should be an Olympic sport as it is fast moving and entertaining. It would also give countries like Fiji a chance of winning a gold medal
    93. 8957

      England

      Jack Quinney | England | Birmingham

      My team: Old Saltleians
      Because it's the best sport in the world and the tickets would sell out and everybody will enjoy it!
    94. 8956

      England

      Dan Ward | England | Apsley

      My team: Saracens
      A fantastic stadium to hold it in already, a fantastic sport, one of the most popular in the latest commonwealth games, a much greater global appeal than baseball, basketball etc. England is the home of rugby, the games are in the capital of the country, it is a must.
    95. 8955

      England

      Frazer Tobin | England | York

      My team: Gloucester
      It should be included in the games because it's fast,flowing & fun to watch!!
    96. 8941

      England

      Ryan O'Connor | England | London

      My team: London Irish
      It's the only thing missing and there will be a number of extra spectators at the olympics.
    97. 8932

      England

      Phil Rylance | England | Liverpool

      My team: Waterloo
      Rugby. A great event for the Olympics offering all the Olympic ideals. Higher, faster, stronger
    98. 8927

      England

      David Evans | England | London

      My team: South Africa
      Rugby should be olympic because it is such a great game, it is the epitome of competition! I mean we have olympic ping pong but no rugby? what is this!?
    99. 8919

      England

      bruce frith | England | seaford

      My team: glawster
    100. 8918

      England

      Trevor Vick | England | Gloucester

      My team: Gloucester
      A spectacular genuinely international sport

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