Union | Cook Islands Rugby Union | |
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World Cup Sevens | ||
Best result | 0 |
The Cook Islands women's national sevens rugby union team is Cook Islands national representative in Rugby sevens.
The Cook Islands competed at the 2015 Oceania Women's Sevens Championship and qualified for the Olympic repechage after placing third. Cook Islands did not qualify for Rio 2016, however, they defeated Hong Kong 17–12 to win the bowl final. [1] [2]
They made an appearance at the 2022 Oceania Rugby Sevens Challenge in Brisbane with a fourth-place finish overall. They also featured at the 2023 Oceania Women's Sevens, they beat newcomers, American Samoa, to win seventh place. [3] [4]
Squad to the 2023 Pacific Games :
Players |
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Kaiyah Atai |
Rima Browne |
Scarlet Heather |
Chantelle Holloway-Samuels |
Chantay Kiria-Ratu |
Chelsea Makira |
Tamira Metuangaro |
Maya Mokoroa |
Paulina Morris-Ponga |
Manea Poa |
Vaine Puri |
Chantelle Schofield |
Kiana Sword-Tua |
Harriet Tuara |
Charlize Tumu-Makara |
Maruia Willie |
The 2019 team was managed by Opuramiti Samuel and coached by Friends Tairea.
Pacific Games | ||||||
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Year | Round | Position | Pld | W | D | L |
2011 | 5th Place Playoff | 5th | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 |
2015 | Did not compete | |||||
2019 | ||||||
2023 | 7th Place Playoff | 7th | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
Total | 0 Titles | 1/4 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 |
Oceania Women's Sevens | ||||||
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Year | Round | Position | Pld | W | D | L |
2008 | Did not compete | |||||
2012 | 7th Place Playoff | 7th | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
2013 | Did not compete | |||||
2014 | Round-robin | 6th | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
2015 | 3rd Place Playoff | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | |
2016 | Round-robin | 4th | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
2017 | N/A [note 1] | 5th (Draw) | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
2018 | 5th Place Playoff | 6th | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
2019 | 9th Place Playoff | 9th | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
2021 | Did not compete | |||||
2022 | ||||||
2023 | 7th Place Playoff | 7th | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
Total | 0 Titles | 8/12 | 43 | 16 | 1 | 26 |
Year | Round | Position | Pld | W | D | L |
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2022 | 3rd Place Playoff | 4th | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
Total | 0 Titles | 1/1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
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