1. 48965

      Wales

      leon green | Wales

    2. 48935

      Wales

      Brian Evans | Wales | Cardiff

      My team: London Welsh
      A great spectator sport fast and furious
    3. 48770

      Wales

      Tudur Cross | Wales

    4. 48619

      Wales

      Rob Meredith | Wales | Nottingham

      My team: Nottingham Casuals
      Rugby should be olympic because it the best sport in the world and as such deserves to be in the best sporting competition in the world.
    5. 48503

      Wales

      Alan Jones | Wales

    6. 48417

      Wales

      daniel milton | Wales

    7. 48416

      Wales

      Karen Moreton | Wales

      My team: Wales
      It's a fantastic game played with all sorts of variations, from full contact to sevens to touch rugby.
    8. 48350

      Wales

      rici marshall | Wales

    9. 48314

      Wales

      kate Lynock | Wales | Cardiff

      My team: Cardiff blues
      Great sport
    10. 48137

      Wales

      steve watkins | Wales | dorking surrey

      My team: wales
      very enjoyable game, great supporters, tremendous social event
    11. 48108

      Wales

      Ryan Davies | Wales

    12. 48048

      Wales

      Tim Howells | Wales | Carmarthen

      My team: Llanelli Scarlets
    13. 47953

      Wales

      John Batchelor | Wales

    14. 47920

      Wales

      Dai Bolt | Wales | Canterbury

      My team: Newport Gwent Dragons
      If any sport encpasulates the Olympic spirit rugby 7's is that sport.
    15. 47522

      Wales

      Michael Simmonds | Wales | Bridgend

      My team: Celtic crusaders
      becuse its a sport like every other in the olympics
    16. 47511

      Wales

      Gareth Hillman | Wales

    17. 47171

      Wales

      Steve Cobley | Wales

    18. 46996

      Wales

      Hicks leigh | Wales | swansea

      My team: ospreys
    19. 46970

      Wales

      michelle parry-howells | Wales | neath

      My team: scarlettes
      it is a wonderful sport
    20. 46955

      Wales

      kevin walters | Wales | Swansea

      My team: The Ospreys
      There is no better game out there!It's got everything that the original Gladiators of Athens would have loved.Power,pace,strength,skill,aglity&respect!!
    21. 46830

      Wales

      catryn grundy | Wales | Cardiff

      My team: Pontyclun Falcons
      because it is an amazing spectator sport as well as a sport to play.
    22. 46820

      Wales

      Gary John | Wales | Nottingham

      My team: Ospreys/Wales
      Because rugby and it's fans demonstrate all the olympic ideals.
    23. 46780

      Wales

      john sims | Wales | Swansea

      My team: Ospreys
      It embodies the olympic spirit.
    24. 46487

      Wales

      Edward Hughes | Wales | Hythe, Kent

      My team: Folkestone RUFC
      Highly competetive, entertaining game that promotes sportsmanship, team spirit and comraderie between competitors and fans
    25. 46252

      Wales

      Lynn Evans | Wales | Oxford

      My team: Oxford University
      Embraces many countries and Sevens allows smaller nations to compete against the more established countries. Also the womens game is now well developed. It will fill the stadium at the Olympics.
    26. 46226

      Wales

      Anita Pilgrim | Wales | Cardiff

      My team: Scotland
      Rugby is an exciting contact sport, its devotees are good-humoured and well-behaved (off the pitch!).
    27. 46204

      Wales

      Richard Gwynn | Wales | Swansea

      My team: Swansea Uplands RFC
    28. 46196

      Wales

      matthew atkinson | Wales

    29. 45966

      Wales

      Paul Davies | Wales | Swansea

      My team: Swansea Uplands, Ospreys, Wales
      Rugby is a game for all,whatever shape,size,speed,ethnicity,or even sexuality.
    30. 45955

      Wales

      Peter Hansford | Wales | Swansea

      My team: Ospreys
      A game that can be enjoyed by all.
    31. 45941

      Wales

      Gary Morse | Wales | Swansea

      My team: Ospreys
      Rugby is a growing sport around the world, look at Kenya in the world 7's. rugby is for all ages regardless of sex.
    32. 45925

      Wales

      Rhys Harris | Wales | Swansea

      My team: Ospreys
      All sports should be encorporated in the olympic festival of sport. Also rugby was invented in the UK so would be an ideal opportunity to bring rugby back into the five rings of the Olympic games.
    33. 45915

      Wales

      Derren Leary | Wales | Swansea

      My team: Ospreys
    34. 45902

      Wales

      Neville Leary | Wales | Swansea

      My team: The Ospreys
      Rugby is the ultimate team game. Fat, thin, fast or slow, tall or short, there is a place in the team for you. This is why we must spread the game across the world so kkiods everywhere can join in.
    35. 45857

      Wales

      nathan johns | Wales | neath

      My team: ospreys
      it is a fast inclusive sport that allows teams from all over the world to compete...teams like georgia and kenya have excelled and it is not just an elitist sport
    36. 45794

      Wales

      Glyn Jenkins | Wales | Newcastle Upon Tyne

      My team: Llanelli Scarlets
      To show the world the best team sport ever created
    37. 45768

      Wales

      robert jones | Wales

      My team: Lowestoft and Yarmouth RFC
      It is the best Team Game in the World
    38. 45604

      Wales

      Peter Kaoud | Wales

      My team: Hackney RFC
    39. 45575

      Wales

      john williams | Wales | chester

      My team: Ospreys
    40. 45500

      Wales

      amy davies | Wales | neath

      My team: ospreys
    41. 45399

      Wales

      david lewis | Wales | cardiff

      My team: wales
    42. 45398

      Wales

      GILL PARRY-JONES | Wales | Swansea

      My team: Wales
      It deserves recognition - but it would have to be a UK Lions team!
    43. 45396

      Wales

      Gareth Brown | Wales | bridgend. cardiff

      My team: Tondu
      Global game for all shapes and sizes, men and women,
    44. 45374

      Wales

      Andy Cole | Wales | Cardiff

    45. 45368

      Wales

      David Temme | Wales | Bridgend

      My team: Ospreys
      As a true amateur team sport seven's rugby is a natural Olympic sport and one that is available to every country at little cost but at great sporting value.
    46. 45335

      Wales

      CATH DAVIES | Wales | SWANSEA

      My team: OSPREYS
      It is a fantastic, competitive team sport that has a HUGE following all around the world. I LOVE IT!!
    47. 45298

      Wales

      Kath Parry-\jones | Wales | Workington

      My team: Ospreys/Wales
    48. 45288

      Wales

      Oliver Wills | Wales | abertawe

      My team: wales and the ospreys
      because its the best sport duh
    49. 45257

      Wales

      Tudor Gregory | Wales

    50. 45142

      Wales

      Laura Jones | Wales | Port talbot

      My team: nantyffyllon rfc
      becuase it's the only sport around where people dont fake.. like in football you dive.. rugby's all about team work and it will encourage more females and males to join in on the sport if they make it as an olympic sport
    51. 45091

      Wales

      thomas mcmorran | Wales | swansea

      My team: ospreys
      because its a sport that should be there
    52. 45058

      Wales

      Jason Eliot | Wales | Newport

      My team: Caldicot
      It's simplicity and availability to every nation
    53. 45051

      Wales

      Andrea Seldon | Wales | Rhondda

      My team: Ospreys
      It's simply the best game on earth!!
    54. 45024

      Wales

      daniel parsons | Wales

    55. 44865

      Wales

      Gareth Jones | Wales | Swansea

      My team: Seven Sisters
    56. 44729

      Wales

      Brian Roberts | Wales

    57. 44634

      Wales

      Tim Lawrence | Wales

    58. 44416

      Wales

      David Hughes | Wales | Charleston

      My team: Charleston Outlaws
      The olympic commitee has subjected us to gimmicky events such as ball room dancing, bmx,dressage and synchronized swimming, yet one of the most relevant and real sports in the world remains off the olympic radar...shame on you
    59. 44361

      Wales

      Chris Morris | Wales

      Its the most inclusive game on earth with participants of all agesand both genders, all with more integrity and sportsmanship than Football could dream of, and maybe even, dare I say it, athletics.
    60. 44347

      Wales

      Dave Thomas | Wales

      My team: Wales
      As the game fulfills all the requirements in sport as laid down by the Olympic committee and is traditionally followed by thousands of fans and is gaining recognition and in many other less traditional countries worldwide
    61. 44332

      Wales

      Roger Brent | Wales | Wrexham

    62. 44319

      Wales

      lee beach | Wales | Cardiff

      My team: London Welsh RFC
      Rugby 7's is a fast, high killed game which entertains all!! Lets make it an Olympic Sport!!
    63. 44309

      Wales

      Gareth Edwards | Wales

    64. 44278

      Wales

      Geraint Lewis | Wales

    65. 44234

      Wales

      andy bray | Wales

    66. 43920

      Wales

      Vivian Miles | Wales | Bridgend

      My team: Ospreys
      7s is widely played, increasingly so in countries other than the traditional rugby countries. A quick exciting game of skill and easy for audiences to follow.
    67. 43872

      Wales

      Cen Evans | Wales

    68. 43771

      Wales

      stephen lewis | Wales | swansea

      My team: sevensisters
      why not tennis is, football is, they get payed more than rugby players so why not rugby. it was a good event in the commenwealth games.
    69. 43696

      Wales

      Edgar Thomas | Wales | London

      My team: London Welsh
      A truly world sport
    70. 43655

      Wales

      Allan Hopkins | Wales | Abergavenny

      My team: Ospreys
      Rugby 7's is played by so many different countries. So many different 'small' countries are successful in the game and would have every chance of winning e.g. Kenya, Portugal.
    71. 43642

      Wales

      Gordon Lewis | Wales

    72. 43553

      Wales

      gavin lawrence | Wales | swansea

      My team: bryn
      cause its the greatest team game in world!
    73. 43493

      Wales

      Leighton Spurgeon | Wales | South Wales

      My team: Ospreys
      Rugby as a sport is growing and to have teams from all nations can only be good for the sport. This is also an opportunity for them to play the best teams in the world. Look at the success of the rugby world cup.!
    74. 43463

      Wales

      Mathew Sayer | Wales | Bangor

      My team: Ospreys
    75. 43440

      Wales

      Lynford Flye | Wales

    76. 43428

      Wales

      Patrick Harrington | Wales

    77. 43414

      Wales

      Wyn John | Wales | Swansea

      My team: Ospreys
      It ticks all the 'olympic' fraternity boxes
    78. 43384

      Wales

      Richie Phillips | Wales | Ammanford

      My team: Scarlets
      Coz its one of the biggest sports in the world and it has millions and millions of fans. It involves many different nations and cultures and those ingrediants alone is what makes the Olympics! MAKE RUGBY OLYMPIC!!!
    79. 43306

      Wales

      Ferenc Bliszko | Wales | Swansea

      My team: Ospreys
    80. 43304

      Wales

      David John | Wales | neath

      My team: Seven Sisters
    81. 43298

      Wales

      Jami Davies | Wales | Fforest

      My team: Seven Sisters RFC / Llanelli Scarlets
      Because not taking into consideration that the sport of rugby is the most complete team sport there is, it would draw into the Olympic fold countries that are currently not represented, and that is what the spirit of the Olympics is all about!
    82. 43289

      Wales

      Jacqueliner Owen | Wales

    83. 43283

      Wales

      NIcola Beale | Wales

      My team: GLOUCESTER & WALES
    84. 43258

      Wales

      Chris Duncan | Wales | London

      My team: Wales
    85. 43246

      Wales

      Harri ap Rees | Wales | London

      My team: Quins
    86. 43213

      Wales

      Aled Hill | Wales | Cardiff

      My team: CArdiff HSOB RFC
    87. 43210

      Wales

      Mike Thomas | Wales | Cardiff

      My team: Penallta RFC
      Massive sport played and well supported worldwide.
    88. 43207

      Wales

      Kevin Thomas | Wales | Swansea

      My team: Ospreys
      Its a great game,watched by milions and epitomises the gladitorial feats of Olympians of the past
    89. 43189

      Wales

      James Manson | Wales | Cardiff

      My team: Cardiff Blues
    90. 43171

      Wales

      Robert Sullivan | Wales | Newport

      My team: Newport Gwent Dragons/Wales
      Well simply it is one of the biggest sports of the UK and it would be a great chance to introduce the rest of the world to it. Whether it is 7's or 15's it doesn't matter. This is the chance for Rugby to reach every corner of the globe and it could spark a massive increase in worldwide interest
    91. 43079

      Wales

      martyn gathergood | Wales | cardiff

      My team: cardiff
      First and foremost,rugby is the worlds greatest game.How can you not have rugby in the olympics,when you have such "sports" as walking and shooting !!!!! Sort it out and give rugby a shot.
    92. 42986

      Wales

      Anna Jones | Wales | Cardiff

      My team: Wales
      It is the sport of Kings - you need strength, power, determination, skill and fitness. It would be a popular addition to the Olympics.
    93. 42849

      Wales

      Julian Hall | Wales | Barry

      My team: Cardiff Blues
      As a competitive team sport, rugby union (in sevens and fifteen format) is a very popular and entertaining sport, at least as deserving as other sports which are already included such as 'beach volleyball'.
    94. 42818

      Wales

      NIGEL LLOYD | Wales | swansea

      My team: NEATH
      For our children to have something to aim for, as it is a good team sport and great to feel part of a team
    95. 42813

      Wales

      Simon Johnson | Wales | Neath

      My team: Skewen
      Best sport in the World.
    96. 42801

      Wales

      Daniel Lycett | Wales | Llandudno

      My team: Colwyn Bay
      Because it is free flowing and the spirit of rugby epitomises the Olympic ideals
    97. 42791

      Wales

      Emma Harris | Wales

    98. 42782

      Wales

      Andrew Harris | Wales | Neath

      My team: Neath
      Because of the wide participation across countries
    99. 42731

      Wales

      Russell Willey | Wales | Bridgend

      My team: Ospreys
      7's Rugby is a world wide sport and it's introduction to the games would give smaller nations such as Fiji and opportunity to win a medal
    100. 42631

      Wales

      greg herdman | Wales | neath

      My team: neath

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