Rugby in the Olympics

IRB is attempting to get rugby back into the olympics. This is their promo video.

http://www.irb.com/mm/Video/Home/0/RugbyandtheOlympicGames-small_6048.wmv

Nice, I hope it makes it.

They had rugby sevens as a demo sport a couple of years back.

Harrumph, I wish they'd do their filthy scrumming in private... think of the children. :haha:

I advocate round-robin test cricket being compulsory for all nations attending the Olympics. With 180+ nations playing, allowing two rest days between the five-day games, this would take almost four years. Hence the games would have to run this long.
Since there is supposed to be a truce when the Olympics are on, this would enforce world peace. In the name of the bat and the ball and the holy bails, let it be so.

I think Warner should be our new opening batsman!

ZenGum;521290 wrote:

I advocate round-robin test cricket being compulsory for all nations attending the Olympics. With 180+ nations playing, allowing two rest days between the five-day games, this would take almost four years. Hence the games would have to run this long.
Since there is supposed to be a truce when the Olympics are on, this would enforce world peace. In the name of the bat and the ball and the holy bails, let it be so.

:D

ZenGum;521290 wrote:

I advocate round-robin test cricket being compulsory for all nations attending the Olympics. With 180+ nations playing, allowing two rest days between the five-day games, this would take almost four years. Hence the games would have to run this long.
Since there is supposed to be a truce when the Olympics are on, this would enforce world peace. In the name of the bat and the ball and the holy bails, let it be so.

Errrrrrr - NO!
World Peace is not worth the price of cricket dominating the news for four years thank you. It's bad enough that I can't get away from Pietersen's miserable mug at the moment.

Anyway, we're hosting the next Games and would therefore be bankrupted by the cost of hosting the world for that long. In fact, given that it would be stopped for bad light and rain for weeks on end it might even last beyond the end of the Games after next.

But rugby in the Olympics would be fun.

It was in the olympics in 1900, 1908, 1920, and 1924, with exibition games in 1936. I really hope they can bring it back. I don't think 15's will make it in because of the time factor, even though they have soccer/football. But 7's should be an easy in. Sometimes it takes years to get them to agree and then they usually say, "Sure we can let you in in 2050". Bastids. :D