1. 14880

      Portugal

      Carlos Teles | Portugal | Coruche

      My team: The wolfs
    2. 14867

      Portugal

      José Palma | Portugal | Cascais

      My team: Grupo Dramático Sportivo de Cascais
    3. 14849

      Portugal

      Rui Cordeiro | Portugal | Coimbra

    4. 14840

      Portugal

      Filipa Fernandes | Portugal

    5. 14838

      Portugal

      frederico garcia | Portugal | Lisboa

      My team: CDUL
      It is a great sport to watch, with a fantastic spirit and party atmosphere, that can enhance the olimpic games
    6. 14827

      Portugal

      António Salter Cid | Portugal

    7. 14796

      Portugal

      Boaventura Almeida | Portugal

    8. 14749

      Portugal

      Nuno Neves | Portugal

    9. 14740

      Portugal

      Richard Teixeira | Portugal | Funchal

    10. 14722

      Portugal

      Ana Jerónimo | Portugal

    11. 14612

      Portugal

      Pedro Sabbo | Portugal

    12. 14610

      Portugal

      Vanessa Pereira | Portugal

    13. 14576

      Portugal

      Sofia Salvador | Portugal | Lisbon

      My team: Portugal
      It's a very competitive and exciting sport to watch and support !
    14. 14570

      Portugal

      Cátia Melo | Portugal

    15. 14567

      Portugal

      Sara Magalhães | Portugal

    16. 14542

      Portugal

      João Ralo | Portugal | Alamda

    17. 14534

      Portugal

      Jorge vaqueiro | Portugal | Braga

      If you just take physical abilities (strength, reflexes, velocity...), great strategy skills and, last but not least, a great spirit, then what you get is rugby.
    18. 14529

      Portugal

      Joao Alpuim | Portugal | Lisboa

      My team: G.D. Direito
      theres no other like this sport. you can play in other times, but you like to see the other times...
    19. 14526

      Portugal

      MANUEL HENRIQUE SARAIVA | Portugal | BELAS

      My team: CDUL
      BECAUSE WE ARE ONE OF THE LAST SPORTS THAT CARES ABOUT THE OTHERS, AND THE 3ª PART IS VERY IMPORTANT TO ALL. IS THE SPORT WERE KIDS BECAME MAN.
    20. 14501

      Portugal

      Bruno Azevedo Rodrigues | Portugal

    21. 14483

      Portugal

      francisco franca | Portugal | lisbon

      My team: CAscais
      it´s a beatiful game to watch on TV
    22. 14404

      Portugal

      Teresa Dentinho | Portugal | Lisbon

      My team: CDUL
      Rugby spirit is the Olympic spirit
    23. 14395

      Portugal

      Miguel Dentinho | Portugal | Lisbon

      My team: CDUL
      Rugby spirit is the Olympic spirit
    24. 14391

      Portugal

      Joana Ribeiro | Portugal | Lisboa

      My team: CDUL
      Olympic games simbolize the union of nations within sports. There's no game in the world that needs more of all its players, each one with his skills and strength, than Rugby... Rugby is the sport that can only be played with union.
    25. 14379

      Portugal

      joao viana | Portugal | lisbon

      My team: direito
    26. 14357

      Portugal

      Sérgio Gomes de Abreu | Portugal

    27. 14340

      Portugal

      André Gomes | Portugal | Loulé

      My team: RC Loulé
    28. 14339

      Portugal

      António Leite de Castro | Portugal

      My team: CDUP
    29. 14193

      Portugal

      nuno vaz | Portugal

    30. 14016

      Portugal

      Pedro Campos Costa | Portugal

    31. 14008

      Portugal

      Nuno Pimentel | Portugal

    32. 14003

      Portugal

      João Marrana | Portugal | Porto

      My team: CDUP
      Because it's the better sport in world!
    33. 13997

      Portugal

      Sandra Pereira | Portugal | Vila Real

      My team: Arcos de Valdevez
      Becaus it's a great sport with a fantastic spirit of union and team.
    34. 13953

      Portugal

      Catarina Nery | Portugal | Cascais

      My team: Cascais
    35. 13948

      Portugal

      Catarina Oliveira | Portugal | Cascais

      My team: Cascais
    36. 13900

      Portugal

      Ruben Silva | Portugal | Seixal

      My team: Benfica
    37. 13899

      Portugal

      Manuel Andrade Neves | Portugal | Lisbon

      My team: CDUL
      Rugby is the sport that best represents the Olympic spirit
    38. 13894

      Portugal

      Fábio Santos | Portugal

    39. 13887

      Portugal

      André Silva | Portugal

    40. 13867

      Portugal

      Rafael Pereiro | Portugal | Barreiro

      My team: Rugby Vila da Moita
      The same reson that any sport. To decide and show wo is the best and have some healty competion.
    41. 13863

      Portugal

      Rui Furtado | Portugal | Setubal

      My team: Nevada and Portugal
      Why not? Great sport... great competition.. the rugby players diserves, like all other atlets to be on the greatest sport event of all time
    42. 13862

      Portugal

      joao chotas | Portugal | Lisbon

      My team: Benfica
      Because it's an excelent sport and I don't why it isn't an olympic sport yet
    43. 13851

      Portugal

      João Oliveira | Portugal | Corroios

      My team: Benfica
      Rugby must and should became an olympic sport, with no doubt!
    44. 13840

      Portugal

      Marco Pereira | Portugal | Barreiro

      Simple, because it's a Sport too. A Great Sport that should be considered like all the others.
    45. 13837

      Portugal

      Mafalda Caria | Portugal

    46. 13791

      Portugal

      Leonor Verissimo | Portugal | Lisboa

      My team: GDSC
    47. 13774

      Portugal

      Luis Navega | Portugal | Porto

      My team: Direito
      Because it is the second bigest sportin the world and it`s a sport of friendship and loyalty
    48. 13689

      Portugal

      João Martinho Lopes | Portugal | Lisbon

      My team: Direito
      Besides its attraction as a team sport, Rugby is the epitome of the Olympic Spirit, with all its inherent values: respect for the referee's decisions and for your opponent's effort; team contribution and individual overcoming of every pain or obstacle.
    49. 13639

      Portugal

      Francesco Gatta | Portugal | Lisbon

      My team: St. Julian's Rugby Club
      Because it is a team sport, which has been developing through out the years and which, now has a big number of fans and athletes.
    50. 13632

      Portugal

      Francisco Fontes | Portugal | Porto

      My team: CDUP
    51. 13621

      Portugal

      Pedro Ferreira | Portugal | Lisbon

      My team: Direito
      Wy not?
    52. 13613

      Portugal

      JOAO LUZ | Portugal | LISBON

      My team: CDUL
    53. 13598

      Portugal

      Manuel Almeida | Portugal | Braga

      My team: Portugal
      because is a positive sport that can be played by every culture.
    54. 13593

      Portugal

      Francisco Cunha Pereira | Portugal | Lisbon

      My team: Técnico
      Rugby sevens is fast, is easy to learn, is atractive, is fair-play, it's fantastic!
    55. 13585

      Portugal

      Maria do Carmo Amaral | Portugal

    56. 13581

      Portugal

      joao lima | Portugal | évora

      My team: cre
      Because rugby has the real and genuine olympic spirit
    57. 13551

      Portugal

      Pedro Cassiano Santos | Portugal | Lisboa

      My team: Belenenses
      Why should Rugby be Olympic? Because it is a true sport, full of team spirit, of respect for the oponent and the referee
    58. 13540

      Portugal

      Diogo Silveira | Portugal | Porto

      My team: Lobos
      Cada vez com maior expressão!
    59. 13523

      Portugal

      João Vieira de Almeida | Portugal

      My team: Belenenses
      Because it is the sport that best embodies the olympic spirit
    60. 13518

      Portugal

      Tiago Appleton | Portugal | Évora

      My team: Agronomia
    61. 13488

      Portugal

      Ricardo Junqueiro | Portugal

    62. 13478

      Portugal

      Rui Afonso | Portugal | Lisbon

      My team: Belenenses
      It gathers the best of sports: effort, skill, sportsmanship, entertainment
    63. 13473

      Portugal

      Henrique Cunha | Portugal | Braga

      My team: CRAV
    64. 13458

      Portugal

      Jorge Cruz | Portugal

    65. 13428

      Portugal

      Pedro Simões-Coelho | Portugal | Lisboa

      My team: Os Belenenses
    66. 13413

      Portugal

      Jorge Girao | Portugal | Lisboa

      My team: CDUL
      Why not?
    67. 13408

      Portugal

      António Esteves | Portugal | Lisboa

      My team: CDUL
      Because its the best team game in the world
    68. 13395

      Portugal

      Manuel Cary | Portugal

    69. 13392

      Portugal

      Tomás Saragoça Mendes | Portugal

    70. 13386

      Portugal

      Diogo Camilo Alves | Portugal | Lisbon

      My team: CDUL
      Because its one of the most amateur sport, but if the others Olympic soports are professionals why not rugby?
    71. 13383

      Portugal

      Pedro Ferreiririnha | Portugal | Lisboa

      My team: Cdul
      Rugby stands for true olympic values
    72. 13342

      Portugal

      Pedro Esteves | Portugal | Lisboa

      My team: CDUL
      Fair play in Rugby = olimpic spirit
    73. 13209

      Portugal

      Manuel Horta | Portugal | Lisboa

      My team: CF Belenenses
    74. 13167

      Portugal

      Francisco Matos Fernandes | Portugal | Lisboa / Cascais

      My team: Cascais
      it's a sport that is growing all around the globe
    75. 13147

      Portugal

      frederico diogo | Portugal | porto

      My team: SCRUM
      Because it had a ancient history, had a worldwide recognition, it´s a sport with a power estetic image, and had it´s fundations in humankind values: honour, respect, brave and honesty being the other.
    76. 13146

      Portugal

      frederico diogo | Portugal | porto

      My team: SCRUM
      Because it had a ancient history, had a worldwide recognition, it´s a sport with a power estetic image, and had it´s fundations in humankind values: honour, respect, brave and honesty being the other.
    77. 13098

      Portugal

      MARIA MACEDO | Portugal | PORTUGAL

      My team: DIREITO
    78. 13050

      Portugal

      Pedro Pita | Portugal | Funchal

      My team: Maritimo
      Because it's the best sport ever! Rugby is becoming more popular in al countries, so it should be an olimpic game!
    79. 13018

      Portugal

      Bárbara Duque | Portugal

    80. 13017

      Portugal

      Emanuel Cameira | Portugal

    81. 13011

      Portugal

      nuno rocha | Portugal

    82. 12961

      Portugal

      Cristina Caldeira | Portugal | Lisboa

      My team: Vilamoura Rugby XV
      É um desporto fora de série.Excepcional a todos os níveis na formação total do indivíduo.
    83. 12956

      Portugal

      tiago ferro | Portugal | lisbon

      My team: tecnico
    84. 12923

      Portugal

      Ruben Silva | Portugal | Lisbon

      My team: Tecnico
    85. 12907

      Portugal

      jose neves | Portugal

    86. 12882

      Portugal

      Paulo Rosa | Portugal | Lisboa

      My team: GDD
    87. 12868

      Portugal

      Ricardo Rodrigues | Portugal | Coimbra

      My team: RC Lousã
    88. 12860

      Portugal

      jose macedo | Portugal | lisboa

      My team: grupo desportivo de direito
    89. 12752

      Portugal

      miguel dellinger | Portugal | Lisbon

      My team: Casuals RFC and S. Julians RFC
      Last time i checked it is a sport and last time i also checked it is one of the Greatest of all time both in terms of the Game itself, the values, principles and the fact that it is a REAL TEAM SPORT in the true sense of the word and action and thus far...unlike FOOTBALL, it does not spread the feeling of extreme ill will and disease rsistant to therapy. Miguel Dellinger, Portugal.
    90. 12685

      Portugal

      Bruno Carvalho | Portugal | Cascais

      My team: All Black
      because is a beatifull sport and missing in olympics
    91. 12634

      Portugal

      ines caetano | Portugal

    92. 12568

      Portugal

      luis gonçalves | Portugal | porto

      My team: lousada.r.c.
    93. 12445

      Portugal

      Bruna Santos | Portugal | Oporto

      My team: Portugal
    94. 12439

      Portugal

      Artur Loureiro | Portugal | Oporto

      My team: SL Benfica/London Irish
      Rugby is unique...is fair...is from the people...to the people!!!
    95. 12408

      Portugal

      Daniel Moreira | Portugal | Lisboa

      My team: Belas Rugby Clube
      Because can move mounts off people and its a sport of values.
    96. 12404

      Portugal

      Luís Duarte | Portugal | Lisbon

      My team: Belas Rugby Clube
      Because is the great sport with great values
    97. 12397

      Portugal

      PIPA C. | Portugal | Lisboa

      My team: SL BENFICA
      rugby must become olimpic because it deserves it. rugby has a story and the world has to know it.
    98. 12392

      Portugal

      Francisco Marques | Portugal | Lisboa

      My team: Clube de Rugby do Técnico
    99. 12388

      Portugal

      Dude Stone | Portugal

    100. 12375

      Portugal

      fabio orepolo | Portugal | cascais

      My team: cascais
      rugby rules...and my xuxu will be on olympic games playing rugby!!

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