Sports that shouldn’t be in the #Olympics: #Rugby7s

I realise this isn’t going to a popular one. After all, I’m reliably told Rugby 7s have been the “surprise hit of the Olympics”.

But, I still can’t escape the feeling that Rugby 7s isn’t a proper sport in its own right. Surely it’s a cut-down version of Rugby? A secondary version of a mainstream sport, designed for those who can’t be bothered to go the whole hog?

We don’t have 5-a-side football in the Olympics, so why rugby minor? You can’t help escape the feeling it’s for those who couldn’t make it in the real event.

Now, I realise all rugby players, 7s or not, could hurt me quite a lot. So I’m not going to push this one. But I’m afraid it fits rule 5 in my list of rules for Olympic sports — it should be the mainstream, peak version of the sport in question, not the bastard cousin.

What should Rugby 7s be replaced with? The world’s biggest liar competition