Cook Islands national rugby sevens 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]

Cook Islands Rugby Sevens

Union	Cook Islands Rugby Union
Nickname(s)	Kuki 7s
Coach(es)	Andrew Iro
Captain(s)	Stephen Willis
Team kit
World Cup Sevens
Appearances	2 (First in 1997)
Best result	11th (1997)

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

Rugby World Cup Sevens Record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	L	D
1993	Did Not Enter
1997	Plate Semifinalists	11th	6	3	3	0
2001	Plate Quarterfinalists	13th	6	3	3	0
2005	Did not qualify
2009
2013
2018
2022
Total	0 Titles	2/8	12	6	6	0

Commonwealth Games

Commonwealth Games record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	L	D
1998	Plate Winners	9th	7	5	2	0
2002	Bowl Semifinalists	11th	4	1	3	0
2006	Bowl Quarterfinalists	13th	4	1	3	0
2010	Did not qualify
2014	Bowl Finalist	10th	6	3	3	0
2018	Did not qualify
2022
Total	0 Titles	4/7	21	10	11	0

Pacific Games

Pacific Games
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D	L
1999	Did Not Compete
2003	Cup Final		6	4	0	2
2007	Plate Final	6th	6	2	0	4
2011	Did Not Compete
2015
2019	Bronze Final	4th	5	3	0	2
2023	7th Place Playoff	8th	5	1	0	4
Total	0 Titles	4/7	22	10	0	12

Oceania Sevens

Oceania Sevens
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D	L
2008	Bronze Final		5	3	0	2
2009	Plate Final	5th	7	3	0	4
2010	Plate Final	5th	6	3	0	3
2011	Plate Final	5th	7	3	0	4
2012	Bronze Final	4th	6	2	0	4
2013	Bronze Final	4th	6	3	0	3
2014	7th Place Playoff	7th	6	3	0	3
2015	Plate Final	5th	6	3	0	3
2016	5th Place Playoff	6th	6	3	0	3
2017	5th Place Playoff	6th	6	2	0	4
2018	5th Place Playoff	6th	5	2	0	3
2019	9th Place Playoff	10th	6	1	0	5
2021	Did Not Compete
2022
2023	7th Place Playoff	8th	5	2	0	3
Total	0 Titles	13/15	77	33	0	44

Players

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

Players
Brian Akava
Albert Etuete
Robert Heather
Te Ara Henderson
Apolo Johnson
James Kora
Mataroa Maui
Okirua Naea
Alistair Newbigging
Taio Taio
Habasaloma Tamarua
Timothy Tangirere
Leandro Vakatini
Stephen Willis

Notable players

• Koiatu Koiatu
• Terry Piri
• Harry Berryman

See also

• Cook Islands national rugby union team (XV)
• Rugby union in the Cook Islands