Wales, Scotland and England are separate entities in sport outside of the Olympics and B&I Lions. Each country has a long history and tradition within Rugby Union and to dispense of these traditions is an insult to the fans and players. There is a great rivalry between the teams and the fans that makes for a great spectacle during a tournament. Losing the individual teams will lose that spectacle and lose supporters to the game. It is likely that many fans would not support a combined Team GB on the 7s tour as the likelihood of all 3 nations being equally represented is very small.

I'm calling on the fans from all 3 countries to come together to keep our individual teams so the banter can continue going forward.

The rugby family does not need to be getting smaller by the loss of these individual teams on the tour.