Rugby League in the Cook Islands

Herausgegeben:Surhone, Lambert M.; Tennoe, Mariam T.; Henssonow, Susan F.

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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Rugby league is a popular team sport played in the Cook Islands. Officially the club rugby league competition commenced 1980. The first international match was played against Niue at the 1986 Pacific Cup which was hosted in Rarotonga and also also included teams from: Samoa, Tonga, NZ Maori, Tokelau, . In the mid 1990s Rugby League in the Cook Islands received significant funding through the SuperLeague organisation[citation needed] however money from this source is no longer available. Also a fall in the population has made it difficult to muster rugby league playing numbers in the Cook Islands themselves. Much of the rugby league played by Cook Islanders has been in Australia and New Zealand where there are strong Cook Island populations. In more recent times Cook Islands rugby league has received a major boost through the involvement of former professional rugby league players Kevin Iro and Matt Rua (both native Cook Islanders) in the form of selector and defensive coach for the national side. Both players represented New Zealand internationally and played many NRL games.

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• Verlag: Betascript Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 144
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 220mm
• ISBN-13: 9786131246098
• ISBN-10: 6131246092
• Artikelnr.: 30033622