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 The President of the International Rugby Board (IRB), Bernard Lapasset, will lead the team presenting Rugby Sevens’ case for inclusion in the Olympic Games to the IOC’s Executive Board in Lausanne, Switzerland on Monday June 15.

Mr. Lapasset will be joined by Mike Miller, Secretary General of the IRB, Agustín Pichot, former captain of the Argentina Sevens Rugby Team, Cheryl Soon, captain of the Australia Sevens team that won Women’s Rugby World Cup Sevens earlier this year, Humphrey Kayange, captain of the Kenya Sevens team and Anastassiya Khamova, one of Kazakhstan’s top female players, a referee at Rugby World Cup Sevens 2009 and a leading figure in the Women’s Game.

“Our team is very excited and honoured to be presenting to the IOC Executive Board. We are looking forward to sharing our Olympic vision and highlighting Rugby Sevens’ case for Olympic Games inclusion, which we firmly believe would be good for the Olympic Games and good for Rugby,” said Mr Lapasset.

“We are committed to the continued global growth and development of the sport and its values and it is this aim that underpins our current campaign to secure the introduction of Rugby Sevens in the Olympic Games, beginning in 2016,” added Lapasset.

Mike Miller said: “We believe that Rugby Sevens has much to offer the Olympic Movement. We would bring a new young and vibrant audience to the Games. We would help every National Olympic Committee to develop their Sevens team and work with members of the Olympic Family to share knowledge – and in so doing, benefit from one another’s experience. Rugby is reaching out. We want to spread our spirit and sport to new countries and see more players – and more women players – in every single country.”