Cook Islands Rugby Union

Oceania Sevens - Samoa defend title in Tahiti

Tahiti - Samoa's Sevens renaissance has continued with a stylish victory in the Oceania Sevens championships held in Tahiti over the weekend.  more ...

Oceania Sevens -Tahiti Nui

Tahiti Nui is the local terminology for Big Tahiti on this lush volcanic touristic wonderland, starting tomorrow it will be all about rugby.   more ...

Golden opportunity for Pacific Islands rugby.

Rugby Sevens was given the highest possible accolade last Friday, when the IOC voted overwhelmingly - by 81 votes to 8 - to include it in the Olympic Games of 2016 and 2020.  more ...

Sevens- A chance for the glory of Gold

Sevens rugby men are battling it out in the Pacific Mini Games (PMG), they are all aiming at Sevens Gold here, they are also dreaming further to Olympic chances in this game.  more ...

PNG Pukpuks to meet Samoa in home and away series in 2011 World Cup Qualifier

The Papua New Guinea Pukpuks (Crocodiles) have proved themselves the best side in the Federation of Oceania Rugby Unions after a tough but deserved 29‐21 win over Cook Islands.  more ...

PNG Pukpuks roll Vanuatu in FORU Cup western conference clash

The home side PNG has stamped their class on the Oceania region with a classy win over Vanuatu today, now they are in the final.  more ...

PNC - Fiji to host 2009 ANZ Pacific Nations Cup

The International Rugby Board has confirmed that Fiji will host the ANZ Pacific Nations Cup 2009.  more ...

Peter Horne Appointed IRB Oceania Region High Performance Manager

With a solid background of the Island rugby ways, Peter Horne will expand on the great work he did with Samoa to tackle all of Oceania.  more ...

IRB Sevens Series- Wellington had it all.

Right from the early pool play and major upsets, the IRB Wellington 7s have shown anyone is beatable & the scene is set for an amazing world cup in a month.  more ...

IRB Sevens- day 1 full of suprises

In the hot sun, a day of stunning action unfolded in Wellington & the day dished out an amazing amount of shocks.  more ...

Sevens- day 1 in Wellington

As daylight is fading in New Zealand’s capital city, so too are a few teams chances of progressing on a day of upsets.  more ...

Wellington 7s- 35,000 guests make for rugby mania.

Happy 10th birthday to you Wellington 7s, happy birthday to you. With festive scenes, bizarre reunions between superman and a monk- Wellington has it all.  more ...

Draw announced for Wellington Sevens

The names have been pulled out of the hat and the Wellington 7s will again be a riper as quality plays class over the 2 days.  more ...

Calling all cook island 7s players?

Newly-appointed Cook Islands rugby sevens head coach Ramsey Tomokino is putting out the call to every rugby player with Cook Island blood to put up their hand.  more ...

Oceania qualifiers- Niue march into the final

The Niue defence held firm, at times they were tested to the brink, but held on for dear life to keep their try line clean from invaders.  more ...

Samoa take a bow

The old cliche of "rugby was the winner" is so true in this case, but there is one slight addition to that and it goes like this- "woman's rugby was the winner".  more ...

Oceania Sevens - Samoa belt Tonga to claim title

Samoa were ruthless in disposing of Tonga 52-0 in the final of the 2008 Oceania Sevens this afternoon in Apia.   more ...

Oceania Sevens - Australia Claim 2008 Oceania Sevens Women's Crown

Australia are the 2008 Oceania Sevens Women's Champions with a thrilling 22-15 victory over New Zealand in the final in Apia this afternoon.   more ...

Oceania Sevens - Men's Plate

Papua New Guinea have won the 2008 Oceania Sevens Plate with a 19-12 victory over Solomon Islands.   more ...

Oceania Sevens - Men's Cup Semi Finals

Samoa and Tonga will contest the 2008 Oceania Sevens Men's Final and in doing so have qualified for the 2009 World Cup in Dubai.  more ...

Oceania Sevens - Australia and New Zealand into the Final and off to Dubai

Australia and New Zealand will contest the 2008 Oceania Sevens Women's final and in doing so have booked their places in the IRB Rugby World Cup Sevens 2009 in Dubai.  more ...

Oceania Sevens - Day 2 Preview

Samoa turned on a picture-perfect day for the opening day of the 2008 Oceania Sevens, but all attention now turns to the finals on Day 2 as the region's top teams prepare to fight it our for a shot at the World Cup Sevens in Dubai in March 2009.  more ...

Oceania Sevens- Day 1 Men's wrap

Tonga and Samoa shared the spoils on Day 1 of the IRB Rugby World Cup Sevens 2009 Oceania Qualifers in Apia, Samoa.  more ...

Oceania Sevens - Women's Day 1 Wrap

Australia snared honours on the first day of the 2008 Oceania Sevens, finishing top of the Pool and setting themselves up for a semi-final clash with Samoa on Day 2.  more ...

Draw Announced for Rugby World Cup Sevens 2009 Oceania Qualifiers

FORU today announced the draw for the Rugby World Cup Sevens 2009 Oceania Qualifiers to be held in Apia, Samoa on 25-26 July 2008.  more ...

Cook Islands 54-15 Jamaica

Cook Islands ended their participation in the IRB Junior World Rugby Trophy with a satisfying 54-15 win against Jamaica at the Stade Français Club in Santiago on Sunday to finish in seventh place.   more ...

Namibia 25-14 Cook Islands

Namibia secured third place in Pool A with a 25-14 victory over the Cook Islands at the Estadio San Carlos on Wednesday. Both sides made a number of changes to their starting line ups in a bid to claim an elusive first win in the IRB Junior World Rugby Trophy. However, it was the Namibians who took control of the match early on courtesy of a dominant forward display to run out convincing winners and book a place in Sunday's fifth place play off.   more ...

Romania 46-7 Cook Islands

(IRB.COM) Romania underlined their IRB Junior World Rugby Trophy title credentials with a resounding 46-7 victory over a battling Cook Islands side at the Estadio San Carlos in Santiago on Saturday to remain unbeaten in Pool A.   more ...

Chile 33-10 Cook Islands

(IRB.COM) Host nation Chile get their IRB Junior World Rugby Trophy campaign off to a winning start against the Cook Islands in Santiago on Tuesday.   more ...