Will rugby sevens be the breakout fan favorite of the Rio Olympics?

Rugby is back at the Olympics after a 92-year absence. This is going to be fun.

After a decades long break from the Olympics, rugby sevens is back.
(Image credit: AP Photo/Martin Meissner)

Rugby sevens is fast. It's simultaneously rough and refined. And often, it's just downright spectacular.

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Alexis Boncy is special projects editor for The Week and TheWeek.com. Previously she was the managing editor for the alumni magazine Columbia College Today. She has an M.F.A. from Columbia University's School of the Arts and a B.A. from the University of Virginia.