Cook Islands women's national rugby sevens team explained

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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

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

Tournament History

Pacific Games

Pacific Games
Year Round Position
5th Place Playoff 5th 7 3 1 3
Did not compete
20237th Place Playoff7th5104
Total 0 Titles 1/4 12 4 1 7

Oceania Women's Sevens

Oceania Women's Sevens
Year Round Position
2008 Did not compete
2012 7th Place Playoff 7th 6 1 0 5
2013 Did not compete
2014 6th 6 0 0 6
3rd Place Playoff 6 4 0 2
Round-robin 4th 6 3 0 3
N/A5th (Draw) 4 2 1 1
5th Place Playoff 6th 5 2 0 3
9th Place Playoff 9th 5 2 0 3
Did not compete
2022
20237th Place Playoff7th5203
Total0 Titles8/124316126

Oceania Rugby Sevens Challenge

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2015-12-10. Ireland to host Rio qualifier. 2021-10-29. Scrum Queens. en.
  2. Web site: 2016-06-25. Eights sides still in Rio hunt. 2021-10-29. Scrum Queens. en.
  3. Web site: 2023-11-09 . Final lap before three-day sevens thriller . 2023-11-20 . oceania.rugby . en.
  4. Web site: Grey . Lachlan . 2023-11-12 . Aussie women & NZ men claim Oceania 7s gold, Fiji and Samoa book tickets to Paris . 2023-11-20 . www.rugby.com.au . en.