1. 51604

      Netherlands

      Jelle Hoekstra | Netherlands | Gouda

      My team: RFC Gouda
      Because (sevens) rugby resembles all the Olympic thoughts.
    2. 51572

      Netherlands

      Govert Eggink | Netherlands | Delft

      My team: DSR-C
      Because it's a hooligans game played by gentlemen: This means that both the olympic spirit and entertainment; things like haka's and other traditions are supported
    3. 51547

      Netherlands

      karel goense | Netherlands | Leiden

      My team: DIOK
      lots of fans enjoy watching any rugby match so would be exciting to watch rugby during the olympics.
    4. 51529

      Netherlands

      Satoshi Malotaux | Netherlands | Delft

      My team: DSR-C
      More people will be able to see why rugby is such a great sport
    5. 51523

      Netherlands

      Oud President | Netherlands | Delft

      My team: DSR-C
    6. 51522

      Netherlands

      Ward Italianer | Netherlands | Delft

      My team: DSR-C
    7. 51521

      Netherlands

      Ernst Kamp | Netherlands

    8. 51433

      Netherlands

      Semih Berrak | Netherlands | Leiden

      My team: Diok
      Rugby should be olympic, because rugby is not just a sport! Rugby is more than just a sport. Rugby is a way of living, cause when yo u play rugby you learn to be like a gentleman and play like a beast. Rugby learns you respect and it bings you to a culture. Rugby is more than you see, think or feel. It is a legend of the legends ( in sports)
    9. 51422

      Netherlands

      Jacob Louwinger | Netherlands | amsterdam

      My team: A.S.R.V. Ascrum
    10. 51420

      Netherlands

      Tim Lohmann | Netherlands

    11. 51375

      Netherlands

      nancy marama | Netherlands

    12. 51069

      Netherlands

      Tim Lewis | Netherlands | Amsterdam

      My team: All Blacks
      Rugby is an international sport and helps bring people together & the world a smaller place!
    13. 50928

      Netherlands

      Tom piet | Netherlands

    14. 50926

      Netherlands

      Tom Knoop | Netherlands | Den Helder

      My team: RCDH
      fairplay on fair games. good atmosphere in stadiums where everyboby can party together
    15. 50894

      Netherlands

      Ewaaa Molenaar | Netherlands | volendam

      My team: waterland
      because it is the greatest game the world has ever seen
    16. 50883

      Netherlands

      Jordann van Ee | Netherlands | Amsterdam

      A honest, true sport like rugby.... need i say more
    17. 50881

      Netherlands

      bart claassen | Netherlands | leiden

      My team: lsrg
    18. 50826

      Netherlands

      Elise van Zijst | Netherlands | Callantsoog

      My team: RCDH
    19. 50825

      Netherlands

      Ruben van Zijst | Netherlands | Callantsoog

      My team: RCDH
    20. 50821

      Netherlands

      merijn nijhuis | Netherlands | Oldenzaal

      My team: RCO Harlequins
    21. 50812

      Netherlands

      Jean van Grunsven | Netherlands | Tilburg

      My team: Tarantula
      It's a social game, very fysical but always fair
    22. 50802

      Netherlands

      Nick Holierook | Netherlands | Leeuwarden

      My team: GREATE PIER
      Because it is possible!
    23. 50797

      Netherlands

      Jelmer Mourik | Netherlands | Leeuwarden

      My team: RC Greate Pier
    24. 50796

      Netherlands

      Rob Revet | Netherlands | Gouda

      My team: RFC GOUDA
      I play rugby by my self. it is good to play it bij the opympics
    25. 50749

      Netherlands

      alexander hoyng | Netherlands | Amsterdam

      My team: Leiden
    26. 50741

      Netherlands

      Rob Revet | Netherlands | gouda

      My team: RFC GOUDA
      rugby is my sport so. I think it is the most wonderful sport for me so i like it when it will be a olympics sport
    27. 50714

      Netherlands

      Jurgen Sirks | Netherlands | Leiden

      My team: LSRG
      Because it's such an instictal human sport! There's a ball, a target, and lots of opportunities.
    28. 50702

      Netherlands

      Dolf Hendriks | Netherlands | Leeuwarden

      My team: RC Greate Pier
      Because it is the best sport ever thought of. It is like chess at high speed and in good physical condition
    29. 50685

      Netherlands

      Jiri Snel | Netherlands | Leiden

      My team: LSRG
      Rugby and rugby players should be Olympic because they have all the true characteristics that one would want to see in a Olympic athelet.
    30. 50649

      Netherlands

      Birgit Danen | Netherlands | Roosendaal

    31. 50645

      Netherlands

      hans krommenhoek | Netherlands

      Because it is an exiting team sport and it belongs in the olympics just as much as soccer
    32. 50616

      Netherlands

      Patrick Reuvers | Netherlands

      My team: RCO Harlequins
      Rugby moet een Olympische sport worden omdat, het een geweldige positieve input geeft aan de rugby sport. Zo komt het meer in de publiciteit, en het zal voor landen waar rugby nog niet veel wordt beoefend een goede reclame zijn coor de rugby sport.
    33. 50531

      Netherlands

      Mariska Kastelic | Netherlands

      My team: England
      It's fair, it's good sports and great to watch!
    34. 50518

      Netherlands

      jean ette | Netherlands

    35. 50440

      Netherlands

      Bart Bouter | Netherlands | Groningen

      My team: Rugbyclub Groningen
      Rugby is all that the Olympics stand for: Higher, Faster, Better and Social!!
    36. 50317

      Netherlands

      Harmen Booij | Netherlands | Groningen

      My team: GSRC
      Rugby sevens is a fast, exciting game which has many, many supporters worldwide. It is played in numerous countries and even small countries often perform well in tournaments. That is why rugby sevens should be included in the olympic.
    37. 50280

      Netherlands

      Pieter Willebrands | Netherlands | Venlo

      My team: Wallaby´s
      because it is the fairest sport i now
    38. 50192

      Netherlands

      Merijn Nijhuis | Netherlands

    39. 50191

      Netherlands

      Mark Overklift | Netherlands | Rotterdam

      My team: Rotterdamse Rugby Club
      It's THE sport that holds the Olympic thought the best...
    40. 50188

      Netherlands

      Jeroen Ekelenkamp | Netherlands | Leeuwarden

      My team: -
      -
    41. 50185

      Netherlands

      Coen van Kreijl | Netherlands | Zeist

      Why not ?
    42. 50129

      Netherlands

      Shanna Pool | Netherlands | Middelburg

      My team: Oemoemenoe
      Because its the greatest game ever
    43. 50101

      Netherlands

      onno scholten | Netherlands

    44. 50094

      Netherlands

      Bram Breukink | Netherlands

    45. 50082

      Netherlands

      Gijs Breukink | Netherlands

      My team: PickWick
      number of players world wide
    46. 49885

      Netherlands

      Bert Stevens | Netherlands | Gennep

      My team: NRC The Wasps Nijmegen
    47. 49813

      Netherlands

      mar van beek | Netherlands | den helder

      My team: rcdh
      omdat het een sport met respect is
    48. 49783

      Netherlands

      melanie los | Netherlands | den helder

      because it is a great sport and its hard working and really a good teamsport
    49. 49771

      Netherlands

      Rene van beek | Netherlands

      My team: Den Helder
      rugby is the best sports there is it's the most respectvol sports i know
    50. 49747

      Netherlands

      kas van der linde | Netherlands

      My team: rcc
    51. 49692

      Netherlands

      Geert-Hinke Addink | Netherlands | Utrecht

      My team: USRS
      One of the most played games in the world
    52. 49613

      Netherlands

      Kyra Daemen | Netherlands

    53. 49485

      Netherlands

      Maria Postma | Netherlands | Castricum

      My team: CAS RC
    54. 49482

      Netherlands

      cyril breinburg | Netherlands | breda

      My team: breda rugby club / roosendaal rugby / REL / Antwerp
      most beautiful game in the world. everything in it, fullbody work out 'top atletes working together. good to watch, good to understand. great atmosphere. played myself about 10 years for the dutch national side
    55. 49394

      Netherlands

      Friso Feitsma | Netherlands | Rotterdam

      My team: Sparta Rugby
    56. 49365

      Netherlands

      lyndey van diest | Netherlands | Weesp

      My team: RC 't Gooi
    57. 49142

      Netherlands

      andrew vincent | Netherlands | the hague

      My team: middlesbrough
      Excellent game - played all over the world - in the olympic spirit of taking part but with real athletic prowess. And its great for spectators
    58. 49105

      Netherlands

      Willem Schiff | Netherlands | Chicago

      My team: LSRG
      Rugby football should be an Olympic sport because it is the most complete and most sorting game that exists.
    59. 49011

      Netherlands

      sven talen | Netherlands | heerenveen

      My team: FRC
      its a nice sport
    60. 48760

      Netherlands

      Tim de Vries | Netherlands | Groningen

      My team: R.C. Groningen
      Because it is the best game in the world.
    61. 48638

      Netherlands

      mischa de jager | Netherlands | Rotterdam

      My team: RRC (Rotterdamse Rugby Club)
      Rugby should become an Olympic sport as is sport which deserves more! not all over the world is the sport know, but is increasing in popularity by the day. the sport also requires allot of team work. As soccer is an olympic sport i thinks its fair to have rugby as an Olympic sport!
    62. 48637

      Netherlands

      mischa de jager | Netherlands | Rotterdam

      My team: RRC (Rotterdamse Rugby Club)
      Rugby should become an Olympic sport as is sport which deserves more! not all over the world is the sport know, but is increasing in popularity by the day. the sport also requires allot of team work. As soccer is an olympic sport i thinks its fair to have rugby as an Olympic sport!
    63. 48571

      Netherlands

      laura sonneveld | Netherlands | leiden

      My team: diok
    64. 48566

      Netherlands

      julius erasmus | Netherlands | eindhoven

      My team: psv-rce
      It's just the best sport ever
    65. 48404

      Netherlands

      Petra Saive | Netherlands | Almere

      My team: RC Hilversum
      Rugby should be Olympic!
    66. 48367

      Netherlands

      Jan de Jong | Netherlands | Oudenbosch

      My team: Rugbyclub Etten Leur
      Its the most beautifull and spectacular game in the world!
    67. 48324

      Netherlands

      alexandra fitzpatrick | Netherlands | leiden

      My team: diok
    68. 48257

      Netherlands

      Maaike Nijs | Netherlands | Zoetermeer

      Because it is better as a sport dan soccer or gymnastics. better than soccer because the supporters don't go and riot. Better than gymnastics because it is a team effort and ther is action
    69. 48173

      Netherlands

      Arina Dommershuijsen | Netherlands | Rotterdam

      My team: Sparta Rugby
      Because it's the best sport in the world!
    70. 47996

      Netherlands

      thijmen van der linde | Netherlands | gouda

      My team: rfc gouda
      rugby is 1 of the fare play sports on the world. thus way not?
    71. 47976

      Netherlands

      Linda Wammes | Netherlands | Leiden

      My team: DIOK
    72. 47940

      Netherlands

      John Thompson | Netherlands | Amsterdam

      My team: Ascrum Rugby Club
      It is the ultimate sprort of strenght, speed, skill, also the spirit of the game represents the olympics perfectly, highly competitive, but total respect for other competitors the rules and the spirit of the game!
    73. 47936

      Netherlands

      Tommas van Rijsbergen | Netherlands | Epe

      My team: Zwolle
      Becouse its a great game.
    74. 47926

      Netherlands

      mirte zwart | Netherlands | gouda

      My team: rfc gouda
      rugby brings people together, and it is the best sport ever!
    75. 47909

      Netherlands

      Erik Zwart | Netherlands | Gouda

      My team: my daughters play rugby in Gouda & Leiden
      Why should Rugby be Olympic? Because it's the finest teamsport I know
    76. 47770

      Netherlands

      alicia beekink | Netherlands

    77. 47768

      Netherlands

      nico van hoeven | Netherlands

    78. 47764

      Netherlands

      justin baggem | Netherlands

    79. 47762

      Netherlands

      henkie spermatenkie | Netherlands

    80. 47761

      Netherlands

      stront aap | Netherlands

    81. 47760

      Netherlands

      Laisa de brake | Netherlands | nieuwegein

    82. 47759

      Netherlands

      charissa tedjai | Netherlands | utrecht

      My team: idon'tknow
      because a friend of me like's it a lot! and he is good!!
    83. 47756

      Netherlands

      leroy beekink | Netherlands | nieuwegein

      My team: rugby club nieuwegein
      beaucse its
    84. 47753

      Netherlands

      john amerika | Netherlands | nieuwegein

      My team: rcn
      its the best nice sport everf
    85. 47535

      Netherlands

      Yofi Inja | Netherlands

    86. 47501

      Netherlands

      Joost van der Grinten | Netherlands | amsterdam

      My team: ascrum 1
      because
    87. 47412

      Netherlands

      Ellen van Helvoirt | Netherlands

    88. 47400

      Netherlands

      Jacco Eilers | Netherlands | Den Helder

      My team: RCDH
      If one sport has every aspact of the old olympic games it is rugby, so it should be played
    89. 47060

      Netherlands

      Peter lamers | Netherlands

      My team: springboks SA
    90. 46917

      Netherlands

      George de Vries | Netherlands | Amsterdam

      My team: AAC rugby
      Because it is the best and one of the biggest sport in the world and a shame that it is still not olympic
    91. 46824

      Netherlands

      jo heaton | Netherlands

    92. 46782

      Netherlands

      Fabian de Vos | Netherlands | Zurich

      My team: Shark
    93. 46758

      Netherlands

      anthony heaton | Netherlands | amsterdam

      My team: Newport RFC
      7's is a perfect format for the olympics - whole tournament could take place in 1 week or less
    94. 46541

      Netherlands

      Mike Barten | Netherlands | Hilversum

      My team: Rch
      Because it is an beautiful/ nice sport to watch.
    95. 46475

      Netherlands

      Dominique Danton | Netherlands | Leiden

      My team: Rotterdam Student Rugby Club
      Rugby Xv was Olympic at the beginning of the 20th century. Now the sport is much more world wide exposed and played by men and by women, in all continents, dispite political, religious, racial or whatever background. It shows values as respect and sportivity and the most important : as long as you play it, you enjoy it, and as spectator: wonderfull. XV is may be not the one for the Olympics as it it takes to long to recorver, but Sevens has definatly to be in the IOC program. Rugbycalement Votre, all around the World!
    96. 46339

      Netherlands

      Vidak Conings | Netherlands | Delft

      My team: none, but i am a Wasp fan
      Much more enternaining and intelligent than soccer !
    97. 46319

      Netherlands

      Doortje van der Vossen | Netherlands

    98. 46314

      Netherlands

      robert herbschleb | Netherlands | vught

      My team: Dukes
      most sportive sport
    99. 46058

      Netherlands

      Joep Van Stigt | Netherlands | Amsterdam

    100. 45847

      Netherlands

      Edwin van de Meeberg | Netherlands | Breda

      My team: Bredase Rugby Club
      Because rugby belongs to the olypimc games. Much fun to watch and more fun to play

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