1. 49976

      Ireland

      gerard mccleery | Ireland

    2. 49975

      Ireland

      Billy Mulcahy | Ireland | Dublin

      My team: Skerries RFC
      Worldwide sport. Sevens format is perfect fit for Olympic games
    3. 49905

      Ireland

      Barry Prendeville | Ireland | Limerick

      My team: Munster
      Rugby is one of the fastest growing games in the world, and it's time it made it's début in the Olympics.
    4. 49879

      Ireland

      Declan Gannon | Ireland | Dublin

      My team: Ireland
      Best team sport in the world
    5. 49816

      Ireland

      Darren O Sullivan | Ireland | Cork

      My team: Charleville RFC
      It is one of, if not, the greatest sports on earth which brings together people from a multitude of cultural, racial and ehtnic backgrounds, building strong working, team oriented relationships and life long comraderie.
    6. 49815

      Ireland

      John Buckley | Ireland | Kilkenny

      My team: Kilkenny RFC
      It is the one sport that all sizes and shapes can play a real world wide sport and sevens shows a basic side of the game that all people can follow
    7. 49800

      Ireland

      Sean O hArgain | Ireland | Kilkenny

      My team: Kilkenny and Munster
      Rugby is one of the oldest field games in th world and a truly international game. It's long overdue as an Olympic sport.
    8. 49768

      Ireland

      Cara Mulcahy | Ireland | Dublin

      My team: Leinster
      It is great to watch, entertaining and skillful.
    9. 49721

      Ireland

      Allan O'Brien | Ireland | Kilkenny

      My team: Kilkenny Rugby Club
      Rugby has become a truly global sport with a strong professional and amateur ethos. It envolves both male and female participation
    10. 49695

      Ireland

      Roger Thomas | Ireland | Kilkenny

      My team: Kilkenny
      Fast, entertaining, easy to understand game. Represents what is good about the Olympics; Strength, fitness, honesty, clear competition, wide variety of player sizes and skills, wide variety of player nationalities. Easy game to play world wide, rich or poor.
    11. 49687

      Ireland

      tim kiely | Ireland

    12. 49676

      Ireland

      Brendan O'Connell | Ireland | Cork

      My team: Munster
    13. 49614

      Ireland

      Damien Farrell | Ireland

    14. 49427

      Ireland

      Stephen Conway | Ireland | Dublin

      My team: N/A
      Fantastic sport with growing fan base.
    15. 49408

      Ireland

      Richie White | Ireland | Kilkenny

      My team: Munster
    16. 49378

      Ireland

      stephen smith | Ireland | belfast

      It shares the ideals of the olympic movement and would be an important step to globalise a great game
    17. 49201

      Ireland

      Neil SMyth | Ireland | Kilkenny

      My team: Kilkenny
    18. 49199

      Ireland

      Ken Knaggs | Ireland | Kilkenny

      My team: Kilkenny RFC
      BECAUSE IT A FAST EXCITING GAME AND IT HELPS DEVELOP RUGBY IN LESS WELL KNOW RUGBY PLAYING COUNTRIES, IE KENYA, GERMANY ETC
    19. 49168

      Ireland

      Sinead Pollard | Ireland | Kilkenny

      My team: kilkenny RFC
    20. 49150

      Ireland

      Paul Howe | Ireland | Kilkenny

      My team: Kilkenny RFC
      To represent the huge numbers worldwide who play and follow rugby.
    21. 49134

      Ireland

      James COady | Ireland | kilkenny

      My team: kilkenny
      Best game in the world
    22. 49129

      Ireland

      Steve van Rooyen | Ireland | Kilkenny

      My team: Springboks
      Rugby Union and rugby seven is the best team sport a person can play. The sevens game is fast and dynamic which requires speed and skill and holds massive entertainment value. Just a great game really!
    23. 49128

      Ireland

      David Ryan | Ireland | Waterford

      My team: Munster
      Cause its deadly
    24. 49127

      Ireland

      John Morgan | Ireland

    25. 49125

      Ireland

      dave matthews | Ireland | kilkenny

      My team: ireland
      to give every sportsman a chance to ply his trade
    26. 49124

      Ireland

      julie oakes | Ireland

    27. 49123

      Ireland

      Gary Molloy | Ireland | Waterford

      My team: Waterpark RC
    28. 49121

      Ireland

      Vinny O'Shea | Ireland

    29. 49120

      Ireland

      Gareth Brickell | Ireland

    30. 49095

      Ireland

      Emmett Quinn | Ireland | Dublin

      My team: Ireland
      We might finally bring back a drugs free gold but thenmight fire the gov and the bankers and end the recession (unlikely).
    31. 49083

      Ireland

      Michael Hopkins | Ireland | Limerick

      My team: Munster / Ireland
      Terrific team sport, great fans, great spectacle. Perfect fit for the Olympics.
    32. 49063

      Ireland

      Mark Graham | Ireland

    33. 49056

      Ireland

      Richard Limpkin | Ireland | Kilkenny

      My team: Kilkenny
    34. 49047

      Ireland

      Mathew Pollock | Ireland | Kilkenny

      My team: Kilkenny
      Growing sport world wide
    35. 49035

      Ireland

      mick mcgrath | Ireland | kilkenny

      My team: kilkenny
      rugby is one of the oldest and 7s is one of the most global AMATEUR sportsin the world - it is accessible and a realistic game for any individual to play irregardless of size shape etc
    36. 49033

      Ireland

      Stephen Hickey | Ireland

    37. 48982

      Ireland

      Cairbre Sugrue | Ireland | London

      My team: Munster
      Rugby embodies all of the best principles of the Olympics. You go out on the pitch, give your all for your mates, but win or lose you shake hands afterwards and leave the pitch respecting your opponent
    38. 48979

      Ireland

      Peter Moore | Ireland | Belfast

      My team: Ulster
      Rugby is a great spectator sport.
    39. 48967

      Ireland

      ian o'brien | Ireland | dublin

      My team: leinster
      why not
    40. 48953

      Ireland

      Chris Fitzpatrick | Ireland

    41. 48894

      Ireland

      David Kelly | Ireland | Co. Tipperary

      My team: Munster
      Why not?
    42. 48845

      Ireland

      Gary Colton | Ireland | Duiblin

    43. 48813

      Ireland

      John Power | Ireland

    44. 48705

      Ireland

      Irene Daly | Ireland | Belfast

      It is competitive and compulsive viewing
    45. 48613

      Ireland

      joanne brennan | Ireland | limerick

      My team: munster and ireland
      it is a fast and entertaining game and is well suited to the olympic ideal
    46. 48551

      Ireland

      simon mcilwaine | Ireland | Dublin

      My team: Leinster
      Because its one of the only team sports that not.
    47. 48520

      Ireland

      Gery Juleff | Ireland | Belfast

      My team: London Irish
      Because it is truly a global sport
    48. 48285

      Ireland

      Brian Elliott | Ireland | Dromore

      My team: Dromore Rugby Football Club
      Rugby is a game that is played with an Olympian spirit. It requires skill finesse team work and physical strength. It therefore brings together many attributes associated with other Olympic sports.
    49. 48273

      Ireland

      rose tallon | Ireland

    50. 48194

      Ireland

      Naic Ttellem | Ireland

    51. 48098

      Ireland

      Noel Robinson | Ireland

    52. 47935

      Ireland

      Mark Edgar | Ireland

    53. 47934

      Ireland

      Grant Perry | Ireland | Waterford

      My team: All Blacks
      Because it's a great global sport with a fantastic worldwide rubgy family
    54. 47907

      Ireland

      Ray Boland | Ireland | Melbourne

      My team: Powerhouse Rugby
      Because it's a civilised sport that promotes good values
    55. 47490

      Ireland

      Richard Wilson | Ireland | Dunfermline, Scotland

      My team: Dunfermline/Ulster/Ireland
      7s is a fast, exciting, spectator friendly sport.
    56. 47477

      Ireland

      Darren Leydon | Ireland | rosscarberry

      My team: Munster
      It is a sport played in a great number of countries,with world cup's etc.It should Olympic too.
    57. 47052

      Ireland

      Shane Hoyne | Ireland | Kilkenny

      My team: Leinster
      One of the greatest and most well supported sports in the world.
    58. 46982

      Ireland

      FIONA MONAHAN | Ireland

    59. 46926

      Ireland

      David McCurdy | Ireland | Belfast

      My team: Cooke RFC
      Excellent sport in which skill, pace, tactics & physical fitness are important & it's open to all body types.
    60. 46859

      Ireland

      Brendan Clarke | Ireland | Magherafelt Co Derry

      My team: Rainey Mini Rhinos
      Athleticism, bravery, honour in one sport is a clera signal to all about what being an Olympian means
    61. 46853

      Ireland

      Michael Hully | Ireland

    62. 46829

      Ireland

      Stephen Dobbs | Ireland | Belfast

      My team: Ulster
      Need it for grass root developement
    63. 46794

      Ireland

      John McMoran | Ireland

    64. 46793

      Ireland

      John McMoran | Ireland

    65. 46792

      Ireland

      John McMoran | Ireland

    66. 46788

      Ireland

      Keith Crossan | Ireland | Belfast

      My team: Ulster
      Rugby is the bastion of the true olympic spirit. Top level competitive team sport allied with building friendships and lasting lifetime bonds. Play hard both on and off the field. The apitomy of true sportsmanship.
    67. 46744

      Ireland

      Maire Sheehy | Ireland | Belfast

      My team: Ireland
    68. 46737

      Ireland

      derek robinson | Ireland | belfast

      It's a widely played major team sport
    69. 46728

      Ireland

      Paul McCrea | Ireland | Belfast

      My team: Cooke RFC
    70. 46724

      Ireland

      Ian Conlon | Ireland | Bangor

      My team: Ulster
    71. 46530

      Ireland

      Douglas Ferguson | Ireland

    72. 45996

      Ireland

      Andrew Martin | Ireland | Belfast

      My team: Ulster
      There is no explanation why it isnt at the Olympics!
    73. 45743

      Ireland

      John Long | Ireland | Dublin

      My team: Clonmel
    74. 45668

      Ireland

      Alan Murphy | Ireland | Dublin

      My team: Munster
      It deserves to be recognised.
    75. 45590

      Ireland

      Kevin Foley | Ireland | Dublin

      My team: Terenure
    76. 45370

      Ireland

      Jos Lapsley | Ireland | Belfast

      My team: Ulster
      played worldwide
    77. 45304

      Ireland

      martin brennan | Ireland | dublin

      it would be entertaining with an already wide base of countries that play and rugby as a prominent world sport should be part of the worlds biggest sporting event the Olympics
    78. 45295

      Ireland

      Patrick Kennedy | Ireland | Kilkenny

      My team: Leinster
      It is too big a sport not to be there
    79. 45149

      Ireland

      frank devereux | Ireland | dublin

      My team: st marys rfc
      why not
    80. 45123

      Ireland

      Les O'Gorman | Ireland | London

      My team: Munster
    81. 45032

      Ireland

      Bob Keegan | Ireland | Dublin

      My team: Leinster
      it is been played in an increasing number of countries. its played in more countries than some olympic sports. it deserves to be there
    82. 45023

      Ireland

      Patrick Niland | Ireland | Dublin, Ireland

      My team: Leinster
    83. 44853

      Ireland

      Carla Stewart | Ireland

    84. 44636

      Ireland

      Fergal Nealon | Ireland | Dublin

      My team: Terenure RFC
    85. 44629

      Ireland

      Paul McNamara | Ireland | Limerick

      My team: MUNSTER!!!
    86. 44507

      Ireland

      Colin O'Beirne | Ireland | Dublin

      My team: Ireland
    87. 44499

      Ireland

      Colm Niland | Ireland | Dublin

      My team: Leinster
      I believe Rugby should be in the Olympics as it's a great game that can be played by people of all shapes and sizes.
    88. 44451

      Ireland

      Shane Geraghty | Ireland

    89. 44441

      Ireland

      Sean Greene | Ireland | Dublin

      My team: Leinster
      If Baseball can be an Olympic sport then why can't rugby be one. It is more widly played and a bigger fan base.
    90. 44409

      Ireland

      stephen o'dwyer | Ireland | Dublin

      My team: UCD
      because its the best game in the world
    91. 44404

      Ireland

      Niall Clauberg | Ireland | Dublin

      My team: Leinster
      Rugby is one of the most physically demanding & skillful sports in the world.
    92. 44400

      Ireland

      Dave Lee | Ireland | Dublin

      My team: Leinster
      Exciting, flamboyant, a chance for other countries to prove their worth
    93. 44379

      Ireland

      Ciara Lillis | Ireland | London

      My team: Munster
    94. 44358

      Ireland

      Richard Kennedy | Ireland | Originally Kilmoganny but now Dublin

      My team: Leinster and Ireland
      Great sport for spectators. I would like the 15 man game in there but it wouldn't be possible due to the short time frame of the olympics.
    95. 44325

      Ireland

      Declan Cronin | Ireland | London

      My team: Ealing RFC
      because it's exciting, athletic and entertaining. Putting it in the olympics would help spread the game throughout the world
    96. 44310

      Ireland

      Andrew Haydon | Ireland | Dublin

      My team: Leinster
    97. 44305

      Ireland

      Sinead O Flanagan | Ireland

    98. 44300

      Ireland

      Kevin Shannon | Ireland

    99. 44280

      Ireland

      John Philpott | Ireland | cork

    100. 44215

      Ireland

      Sean Kelly | Ireland | Perth, Australia

      My team: Perth Bayswater
      What other sport demonstrates the Olympic motto of "Faster, Higher, Stronger" than rugby...

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