List of Cook Islands national rugby league team results

The following is a list of Cook Islands national rugby league team results from their debut in 1986. ^[1]

All-time Record

Opponent	Matches	Won	Drawn	Lost	Win %	For	Aga	Diff
American Samoa	1	1	0	0	100%	22	20	+2
Fiji	13	5	1	7	38.46%	219	349	–130
Ireland	1	1	0	0	100%	22	6	+16
Lebanon	3	2	1	0	66.67%	80	66	+14
New Zealand	2	0	0	2	0%	10	134	–124
New Zealand Maori	12	4	1	7	33.33%	216	312	–96
New Zealand	2	0	0	2	0%	10	134	–124
New Zealand Residents	2	0	0	2	0%	6	62	–56
Niue	3	2	0	1	66.67%	67	74	–7
Papua New Guinea	7	0	0	7	0%	94	270	–176
Rotuma	1	0	0	1	0%	10	17	–17
Russia	1	1	0	0	100%	58	20	+38
Samoa	9	2	0	7	22.22%	128	386	–258
Scotland	1	1	0	0	100%	21	10	+11
South Africa	1	1	0	0	100%	66	6	+60
Tokelau	1	1	0	0	100%	19	10	+9
Tonga	12	1	0	11	8.33%	151	425	–274
United States	3	2	0	1	66.67%	122	56	+66
Wales	3	2	0	1	66.67%	52	74	–22
Total	78	26	3	49	33.33%	1373	2431	–1058

Results

1980s

Date	Home	Score	Away	Competition	Venue	Attendance
27 October 1986	Cook Islands	22–8	Niue	1986 Pacific Cup	Avarua Tereora Stadium, Rarotonga	Unknown
31 October 1986	Cook Islands	10–32	Māori			Unknown
2 November 1986	Cook Islands	0–48	Western Samoa			Unknown
18 October 1988	Cook Islands	19–10	Tokelau	1988 Pacific Cup	Apia Park, Samoa	Unknown
20 October 1988	Western Samoa	52–16	Cook Islands			Unknown
26 October 1988	Cook Islands	20–70	Māori			Unknown
29 October 1988	Cook Islands	6–19	Tonga			Unknown

1990s

Date	Home	Score	Away	Competition	Venue	Attendance
2 June 1990	Cook Islands	21–15	BARLA	1990 BARLA Tour	Avarua Tereora Stadium, Rarotonga	2,500 [2]
20 October 1992	Cook Islands	23–22	Niue	1992 Pacific Cup	Carlaw Park, Auckland	Unknown
22 October 1992	Cook Islands	6–26	Tonga			Unknown
24 October 1992	Cook Islands	12–66	Western Samoa			Unknown
26 October 1992	Cook Islands	6–58	Fiji			Unknown
June 1994	Cook Islands	28–12	BARLA	1994 BARLA Tour	Avarua Tereora Stadium, Rarotonga	3,523 [3]
21 October 1994	Rotuma	17–10	Cook Islands	1994 Pacific Cup	ANZ National Stadium, Suva	2,000
25 October 1994	Fiji	19–11	Cook Islands			4,000
28 October 1994	American Samoa	20–22	Cook Islands			1,400
4 November 1994	Cook Islands	0–60	Western Samoa			2,000
16 October 1995	Cook Islands	64–6	United States	1995 Rugby League Emerging Nations Tournament	Post Office Road, Featherstone	3,133
18 October 1995	Cook Islands	58–20	Russia		Hilton Park, Leigh	1,921
20 October 1995	Cook Islands	21–10	Scotland		Wheldon Road, Castleford	2,889
24 October 1995	Cook Islands	22–6	Ireland		Gigg Lane, Bury	4,147
3 July 1996	Cook Islands	8–14	Fiji	1996 Pacific Cup	Mount Smart Stadium, Auckland	3,000
10 July 1996	Cook Islands	4–16	New Zealand		Avarua Tereora Stadium	3,000
11 May 1997	Cook Islands	22–14	Fiji	1997 Pacific Cup	Carlaw Park, Auckland	Unknown
13 May 1997	Cook Islands	12–34	Papua New Guinea			Unknown
15 May 1997	New Zealand	46–2	Cook Islands			Unknown
18 May 1997	Cook Islands	14–38	Papua New Guinea			Unknown
24 June 1998	Cook Islands	18–10	Māori	Māori Tour	Avarua Tereora Stadium, Rarotonga	1,500 [4]
28 June 1998	Cook Islands	14–24	Māori			1,700 [5]
5 July 1998	Cook Islands	8–24	Māori			2,300 [6]
7 October 1998	Papua New Guinea	46–6	Cook Islands	PNG RL 50th Anniversary Tournament	Lae Rugby League Ground, Lae	8,000 [7]
11 October 1998	Cook Islands	16–8	Māori		Kalabond Oval, Kokopo	6,000 [8]
14 October 1998	Cook Islands	22–30	Tonga			6,000 [9]
18 October 1998	Cook Islands	6–28	Māori		Lloyd Robson Oval, Port Moresby	9,000 [10]
October 1998	American Samoa	40–34	Cook Islands	1998 Pacific Cup	Carlaw Park, Auckland	Unknown
October 1998	Cook Islands	8–16	Tonga			Unknown
October 1998	Cook Islands	22–16	Tokelau			Unknown
30 July 1999	Tonga	28–13	Cook Islands	Test Series	Teufaiva Sport Stadium, Nukuʻalofa	Unknown
3 August 1999	Tonga	42–2	Cook Islands			Unknown
4 August 1999	Tonga	34–4	Cook Islands			Unknown

2000s

Date	Home	Score	Away	Competition	Venue	Attendance
29 October 2000	Wales	38–6	Cook Islands	2000 Rugby League World Cup	Racecourse Ground, Wrexham	5,060
2 November 2000	Cook Islands	10–84	New Zealand		Madejski Stadium, Reading	3,982
5 November 2000	Cook Islands	22–22	Lebanon		Millennium Stadium, Cardiff	5,500
17 August 2004	Fiji	24–36	Cook Islands	Test Series	ANZ National Stadium, Suva	Unknown
24 August 2004	Fiji	14–22	Cook Islands			Unknown
4 October 2004	Cook Islands	30–38	Tonga	Friendly	Unknown	Unknown
19 October 2004	Cook Islands	18–10	Tonga	2004 Pacific Cup	Mount Smart Stadium, Auckland	700
21 October 2004	Cook Islands	20–12	Fiji			1,000
23 October 2004	Māori	4–46	Cook Islands		North Harbour Stadium, Auckland
8 October 2005	Māori	26–26	Cook Islands	International Series	Unknown	Unknown
13 October 2005	Māori		Cook Islands		Unknown	Unknown
16 October 2005	Māori	16–24	Cook Islands		Unknown	Unknown
29 September 2006	Cook Islands	14–56	Tonga	2008 Rugby League World Cup qualifying	Campbelltown Stadium, Sydney	3,013 [11]
4 October 2006	Cook Islands	6–46	Samoa		St Mary's Saints Leagues Stadium, Sydney	3,813 [12]
7 October 2006	Cook Islands	4–40	Fiji		CUA Stadium, Penrith	1,713 [13]
4 October 2004	Cook Islands	12–50	Fiji	Friendly	Unknown	Unknown
17 October 2009	Cook Islands	22–20	Samoa	2009 Pacific Cup	Barlow Park, Cairns	4,261
24 October 2009	Cook Islands	24–22	Fiji		Lloyd Robson Oval, Port Moresby	3,269
1 November 2009	Papua New Guinea	42–14	Cook Islands		Lloyd Robson Oval, Port Moresby	10,151

2010s

Date	Home	Score	Away	Competition	Venue	Attendance
7 October 2012	Cook Islands	28–24	Lebanon	Friendly	The Crest Stadium, Sydney	2,500 [14]
20 October 2013	Cook Islands	0–50	New Zealand	Friendly	Keepmoat Stadium, Doncaster	4,638 [15]
30 October 2013	Cook Islands	20–32	United States	2013 Rugby League World Cup	Memorial Stadium, Bristol	7,247 [16]
5 November 2013	Cook Islands	16–22	Tonga		Leigh Sports Village, Leigh	10,554 [17]
10 November 2013	Cook Islands	28–24	Wales		The Gnoll, Neath	3,270 [18]
3 October 2015	Cook Islands	22–44	Niue	Friendly	Sydney	N/A [19] [20]
17 October 2015	Cook Islands	8–28	Tonga	2017 Rugby League World Cup qualifying	Campbelltown Stadium, Sydney	4,813 [21]
8 May 2016	Cook Islands	30–20	Lebanon	Friendly	Belmore Oval, Sydney	2,000 [22]
6 May 2017	Cook Islands	22–32	Papua New Guinea	International - Pacific Test	Campbelltown Stadium, Sydney	18,271
21 June 2019	Cook Islands	66–6	South Africa	2021 Rugby League World Cup qualification – Repechage	Ringrose Park, Sydney	2,621
16 November 2019	United States	16–38	Cook Islands	2021 Rugby League World Cup qualification – Repechage	Hodges Stadium, Jacksonville	150

2020s

Date	Home	Score	Away	Competition	Venue	Attendance
25 June 2022	Samoa	42–12	Cook Islands	Friendly	Campbelltown Sports Stadium, Leumeah	10,515
19 October 2022	Wales	18–12	Cook Islands	2021 Rugby League World Cup	Leigh Sports Village, Leigh	6,188
25 October 2022	Papua New Guinea	32–16	Cook Islands		Halliwell Jones Stadium, Warrington	6,273
30 October 2022	Tonga	92–10	Cook Islands		Riverside Stadium, Middlesbrough	8,342
15 October 2023	Papua New Guinea	46–10	Cook Islands	2023 Pacific Bowl	PNG Football Stadium, Port Moresby	7,133
22 October 2023	Cook Islands	18–22	Fiji		PNG Football Stadium, Port Moresby	7,001
27 October 2024	Cook Islands	6–56	Fiji	2024 Pacific Bowl	ANZ National Stadium, Suva	5,943
3 November 2024	Papua New Guinea	42–20	Cook Islands		PNG Football Stadium, Port Moresby	TBA

See also

• Sports portal

References

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