Cook_Islands_national_rugby_sevens_team

Cook Islands national rugby sevens team

Cook Islands national rugby sevens team

Rugby team

This article is about the men's team. For the women's team, see Cook Islands women's national rugby sevens team.

The Cook Islands national rugby sevens team represents the Cook Islands in rugby sevens internationally. They have participated in two Rugby World Cup Sevens tournaments, in 1997 and 2001, and have also competed at the Commonwealth Games on four occasions. They qualified for the 2014 Hong Kong Sevens tournament and played in the World Series Qualifiers.[1]

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Kenya sevens team playing the Cook Islands at 2014 Commonwealth Games

The Cook Islands also compete in the Oceania Sevens Championships and the Pacific Games.

History

Cook Islands lost to Papua New Guinea at the 2017 Oceania Sevens Championship which denied them a place at the Sydney and Hamilton legs of the World Series and also qualification for the 2018 Commonwealth Games and Rugby World Cup Sevens.[2]

They competed at the 2023 Oceania Sevens Championship in Brisbane, and finished eighth overall after losing to Australia in the seventh place playoff.[3][4]

Tournament history

The Cook Islands has not qualified for the Summer Olympics.

Rugby World Cup Sevens

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Commonwealth Games

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Pacific Games

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Oceania Sevens

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Players

Cook Islands squad to the 2023 Pacific Games in Honiara, Solomon Islands:

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Notable players

See also

References

  1. [1]
    Series qualifying - Hong Kong[usurped]
  2. [2]
    "Sport: Cook Islands target World 7s Series return". RNZ. 2018-11-08. Retrieved 2021-10-21.
  3. [3]
    "Cook Islands men's 7s make strong start". Cook Islands News. 2023-11-11. Retrieved 2023-11-12.
  4. [4]
    Grey, Lachlan (2023-11-12). "Aussie women & NZ men claim Oceania 7s gold, Fiji and Samoa book tickets to Paris". www.rugby.com.au. Retrieved 2023-11-12.


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