We want Rugby at the Olympic Games:

Because rugby is a team game and a great sport plus very entertaining,it would be perfect for the Olympic Games.

we need a more exiting game than football or tennis. i think rugby would be an asset to the games.

Rugby is a truely global sport and a good way of fillling the stadium before the athletics start

its a man game

Best Team Game there is.

Rugby is a truely worldwide sport. More importantly its principles are totally aligned with those of the Olympics,good sportsmanship, honour. and respect for your competitor

Because it is highly entaining competitve sport.

Greatest game in the world says it all!!!

Rugby is a truly international game and the 7 a side version is played by all ages and both gendas and is one of the greatest spectator sports in the world.

The best team sport in the world which embodies the Olympic spirit

Because it is too exciting not to to be.

As it is a fantastic spectator sport played by both men and women and is helping to bring communities together across the world through the work of the irb and charities like sosirbkitaid

Rugby satisfies all the core values of the Olympic Movement and can play an important role by helping to provide a safer, more prosperous, more peaceful world.

Rugby should be an Olympic game as all the world play it, and it is an extremly good game to watch, fast and furious.

A fast growing spectator sport enjoyed by female and male supporters and players of all ages

Its the best sport around!

Rugby is the greatest team sport in the world. It will enhance the Olympics with full stadiums and thrilling matches. It is almost an insult to the game that it must compete for a place against sports like squash, golf and softball. These have little to offer other than to those with a special interest. The colour of rugby teams and followers from countries like Fiji, Kenya, Argentina, New Zealand and Portugal would light up the Olympic Games. It would be a hammer blow to the game of rugby if it was refused a chance to once again appear on sport's biggest stage. It will also be a huge loss to the Olynpics if the world's biggest sporting event doesn't include the planet's greatest team sport.

Rugby should be in the Olympics because it fits beautifully into the Olympic programme - it can take place in the main stadium in the first week - and the sport embodies the OLympic ideal better than any other team game in the world. JT

Better than most of the other sports currently in the olympics

It presents the image of a hard fought but clean encounter on the pitch, with a remarkably high degree of sportsmanship-the Olympic ideal in fact

It's time a true team sport like rugby was resurrected and USA, the current olympic champions, were given a chance to defend their title!

It is a global sport that involves everyone.

It's an exciting & entaining game to watch and participate in.

Global, inclusive, and respectful game

If footbal can be an Olympic sport containg proffesionals why cant rugby be. If not the 15 a side game then deffinately the 7s. Also it's the best game in the world

quick, exciting. Team sport. Fantastic fans.

Because it's better that football.

worldwide sport - rugby 7s would sell out each day

International Sport, more worldwide and universal than baseball

One of the most exciting and entertaining games for all sports fans.

because its the greatest sport in the world..!!! play hard on the pitch, gentleman off it.>!! greatest set of fans in the world who all mix together and have great fun.!

Aspirational target for young children playing rugby - being an Olympian!

Because Rugby is a true team sport requiring all the attributes needed to be a top class athelete. Strength, speed (of mind and body), agility and determination and courage. But above all these it teaches people self disipline, sportmanship, respect for the other team and especially the officials, in a world where standards are declining. It is still a beacon of what true sportsmanship should be.

FAB SPORT

7's is a wonderfully exciting game and the comaraderie that happens after games is second to none

Rugby is genuinely a sport for all. The ethos of rugby is a template for life.

Rugby is one of the greatest, most dramatic sports in the world, and sevens would be as exciting as anything currently seen at the Olympics. If Shane Williams is playing that is. . . .

Rugby Union is a world wide sport which has more justification for inclusion than many other sports that are included already

It is a fast competitve team sport ideal for spectators to enjoythe excitment. It is skillfull and encourages lesser nations to compete as scen int he reason world 7 series with the like of Kenya doing well.

its the greatest sport in the world bar none

Great competitive, lively spectator sport.

Just because

It's about time we watched a decent game

You only need 1 pitch and 2-3 days to stage a great sporting contest played in the best Olympic spirit. No brainer!

A great sport

because its an amazing spor, its competitive and great fun to watch

Because it's a wonderful and exciting team game that's played in a format ideally suited to the Olympics. It's a true worldwide sport, particularly in 7s that deserves its place alongside football, basketball and other professional team sports at the summer games

it has a fine balance of fun, competition, culture and excitement

its the greatest game in the world, played by people whos spirit comes from the olympics. so why shouldnt they be part of the olympics

because even football is there

Rugby 7s is the ultimate combination of physical fitness and game playing nous. The finest version of rugby for only the most talented.

Because of how big a game it has become globally.

Rugby rules!