Cook Islands women's national rugby sevens team

For the men's team, see Cook Islands national rugby sevens team.
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The Cook Islands women's national sevens rugby union team is Cook Islands national representative in Rugby sevens.

History

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]

Players

Squad to the 2023 Pacific Games:

Players
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

Previous squads

Squad at 2019 Oceania Women's Sevens Championship[5]

  • Beniamina Koiatu
  • Chrystal Leota
  • Dayna Napa
  • Jennifer Reu
  • Margaret Nena
  • Joan Isaaka
  • Tari Arere
  • Wairakau Greig
  • Crystal Tamarua
  • Ngatokotoru Akakua
  • Kaiyah Atai
  • Lydia Turua-Quedley

The 2019 team was managed by Opuramiti Samuel and coached by Friends Tairea.

Tournament History

Pacific Games

Pacific Games
Year Round Position Pld W D L
New Caledonia 2011 5th Place Playoff 5th 7 3 1 3
Papua New Guinea 2015 Did not compete
Samoa 2019
Solomon Islands 2023 7th Place Playoff 7th 5 1 0 4
Total 0 Titles 1/4 12 4 1 7

Oceania Women's Sevens

Oceania Women's Sevens
Year Round Position Pld W D L
Samoa 2008 Did not compete
Fiji 2012 7th Place Playoff 7th 6 1 0 5
Australia 2013 Did not compete
Australia 2014 Round-robin 6th 6 0 0 6
New Zealand 2015 3rd Place Playoff 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 6 4 0 2
Fiji 2016 Round-robin 4th 6 3 0 3
Fiji 2017 N/A[note 1] 5th (Draw) 4 2 1 1
Fiji 2018 5th Place Playoff 6th 5 2 0 3
Fiji 2019 9th Place Playoff 9th 5 2 0 3
Australia 2021 Did not compete
New Zealand 2022
Australia 2023 7th Place Playoff 7th 5 2 0 3
Total 0 Titles 8/12 43 16 1 26
  • Note:
  1. ^ adverse weather conditions affected the schedule of the games

Oceania Rugby Sevens Challenge

Year Round Position Pld W D L
Australia 2022 3rd Place Playoff 4th 6 1 0 5
Total 0 Titles 1/1 6 1 0 5

References

  1. ^ "Ireland to host Rio qualifier". Scrum Queens. 2015-12-10. Retrieved 2021-10-29.
  2. ^ "Eights sides still in Rio hunt". Scrum Queens. 2016-06-25. Retrieved 2021-10-29.
  3. ^ "Final lap before three-day sevens thriller". oceania.rugby. 2023-11-09. Retrieved 2023-11-20.
  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 2023-11-20.
  5. ^ Rashneel Kumar (5 November 2019). "Sevens missing key reps". Cook Islands News. Retrieved 4 December 2020.