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Cook Islands national rugby union team
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| Western Samoa 24 - 18 Cook Islands (1 September 1971) |
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| Cook Islands 77 - 0 Tahiti (2 June 2001) |
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| Tonga 68 - 12 Cook Islands (5 July 1997) |
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The Cook Islands is a third tier rugby union playing nation. They began playing international rugby in the early 1990s. Thus far, the Cook Islands have not made an appearance at any of the World Cups.
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The Cook Islands played their first official international on September 1, 1971 against Western Samoa, losing 24 points to 18. The Cook Islands went on to win against Wallis and Futuna the next day and then lose again to Samoa the day after.
The next time the Cook Islands played was nine years later in 1980, in a close game against a touring Italian side; the Cook Islands lost by only fifteen points to six. Three years later they again played Samoa, again losing. The next match for the Islanders wasn't until 1996, when they played Papua New Guinea. Since then, they play regularly against them and fellow Pacific sides Niue and Tahiti.
They lost the play-off round 4 against Tonga for a berth at the 2007 Rugby World Cup.
- 1987 - 1999 - Did not enter (?)
- 2003 - 2007 - Did not qualify
- Cook Islands Rugby Union - Official Site (English)
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