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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.

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.

Players

Squad to the 2023 Pacific Games:

Previous squads

• 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
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

Oceania Women's Sevens
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	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

• Note:

1. adverse weather conditions affected the schedule of the games

Oceania Rugby Sevens Challenge

Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D	L
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.

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