Can Olympic 7s bring union and league players together?
[caption id="attachment_5005" align="alignnone" caption="Australia\'s James O\'Connor, left is tackled at the Hong Kong Rugby Sevens (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)"][/caption] 106 IOC members voted yesterday to…
My guess is that the IRB would have little to no interest in this issue. But you’re right that some people in both codes would prefer league and union players to never meet on the field whlst they remain contracted to separate bodies.
Nevertheless, it would be very popular with fans, and I can think of no reason why the players would not like the idea.
And maybe, just maybe, enough forward thinking administrators, as well as sponsors and television executives, would come together to make it happpen.
Can Olympic 7s bring union and league players together?