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Full time27 June 2009
Niue Island
7–29
Cook Islands
Growers Stadium, Pukekohe, New Zealand · Men's Rugby World Cup Qualifying 2011Head-to-head

Cook Islands won by 22 points.

Scoring

  1. 11’PCook Islands penalty · Nathan Robinson0–3
  2. 25’CNiue Island conversion · Toni Pulu2–3
  3. 25’TNiue Island try · Kenny Akulu7–3
  4. 27’PCook Islands penalty · Nathan Robinson7–6
  5. 38’PCook Islands penalty · Nathan Robinson7–9
  6. 50’TCook Islands try · Tamati Hawea7–14
  7. 59’CCook Islands conversion · Nathan Robinson7–16
  8. 59’TCook Islands try · Turori Matutu7–21
  9. 73’TCook Islands try · Nathan Robinson7–26
  10. 81’PCook Islands penalty · Nathan Robinson7–29

Line-ups

Niue Island

  1. 1Sonny HaiotiProp
  2. 2Luke GibbHooker
  3. 3Mitchel LiumaihetauProp
  4. 4Brian PulefolauSecond row
  5. 5Wesley SeumanuSecond row
  6. 6Joseph FaliuFlanker
  7. 7Peter MataFlanker
  8. 8Wilson EnokaNumber 8
  9. 9Vincent PihigiaScrum-half
  10. 10Kenny AkuluFly-half
  11. 11Bobby MotulikiWing
  12. 12Rudolf AinuuCentre
  13. 13Matt FaleukaCentre
  14. 14Tane MangaWing
  15. 15Toni PuluFull-back
  16. 16Ryan FaliuBench
  17. 17Nuimaka KaiuhaBench
  18. 18Akerei MalesalaBench
  19. 19Chad SiakimotuBench
  20. 20Atoa TalagiBench
  21. 21Aki PuluBench
  22. 22Ricki HelagiBench

Cook Islands

  1. 1James NgatupunaProp
  2. 2Joseph MarstersHooker
  3. 3Jacob MarstersProp
  4. 4Mata McGrathSecond row
  5. 5Tai MarstersSecond row
  6. 6Amosa AnglemFlanker
  7. 7Tamati HaweaFlanker
  8. 8Nick ConnalNumber 8
  9. 9Wynyard MarstersScrum-half
  10. 10Aaron TurleyFly-half
  11. 11Eugene MarstersWing
  12. 12Daniel KaurakaCentre
  13. 13Turori MatutuCentre
  14. 14Bruce GoldsworthyWing
  15. 15Nathan RobinsonFull-back
  16. 16Patrick KapiBench
  17. 17Adam VardeyBench
  18. 18Ioane IoaneBench
  19. 19Paana PurotuBench
  20. 20Jamie RoltonBench
  21. 21Antonio DiazBench
  22. 22Michael TokiBench

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Context

All-time, Niue Island 2–4 Cook Islands in 6 scored Tests. Full head-to-head

Niue Island going in
Cook Islands going in

Also on this day

Results to 27 September 2026. Scoring and line-ups come from World Rugby match summaries where available; older Tests may have neither.