Touch Rugby
Final touch thrills
Wednesday 4 April 2012 | Published in Touch Rugby
It’s crunch time today with the grand finals of the 2012 touch rugby season to be played out today at the Nikao field. Today’s grand finals will be for teams in both the mixed and open divisions with a short presentation to follow at the Rose Garden next to the playing fields. The Cook Islands […]
Final touch thrills
Wednesday 4 April 2012 | Published in Touch Rugby
It’s crunch time today with the grand finals of the 2012 touch rugby season to be played out today at the Nikao field. Today’s grand finals will be for teams in both the mixed and open divisions with a short presentation to follow at the Rose Garden next to the playing fields. The Cook Islands […]
Rebels and Rama dominating touch
Wednesday 21 March 2012 | Published in Touch Rugby
Finals play is approaching for the Wednesday touch rugby competition and teams will be using their last week of regular play to hone their skills and improve their fitness. The men’s and women’s competition will move into finals next week after the last round of competition tonight. The mixed competition has one more round of […]
Big scores and laughs at touch
Monday 19 March 2012 | Published in Touch Rugby
Action packed games and big scoring matches were the features of the touch rugby mixed division ‘double header’ afternoon at the Nikao field on Wednesday. The classy Rebels team didn’t break a sweat when they faced the social Kings side who despite going down 9-0 to the fit Rebels, didn’t give up trying to score […]
Double header at touch today
Wednesday 14 March 2012 | Published in Touch Rugby
It’s all about the mixed touch rugby division this evening as a ‘double header’ of mixed games has been planned at the Nikao field. The double header means that each team will play two games each and the reason for tonight’s unique arrangement is so that the grand finals for both the mixed and open […]
8 games of fun in the sun at touch today
Wednesday 22 February 2012 | Published in Touch Rugby
Eight touch rugby matches are scheduled for today in the open and mixed divisions of the 2012 season. As the season is still fresh – some players, especially in the social mixed division, will still be finding their feet while gun teams like the Rebels, Rama and Bounty Hunters will want to improve on their […]
Rebels and Rama take touch limelight
Wednesday 15 February 2012 | Published in Touch Rugby
The touch rugby season kicked off in warm conditions at the Nikao fields last Wednesday with four open men and women’s teams plus nine mixed teams. The first round was kicked off by the Bounty Hunters and FBI women’s teams with that match finishing in a tight 1-all draw while team Nikao Youth edged out […]
Touch season short and sharp
Thursday 2 February 2012 | Published in Touch Rugby
A short and sharp touch rugby competition has been organised for this season and will be limited to the first six paid-up teams in the open women and men’s divisions. Touch Rugby Association executives have agreed to run a short season based on six teams per division starting on Monday, February 6, at the Nikao […]
Indoor touch on the cards
Saturday 21 January 2012 | Published in Touch Rugby
Playing indoors is one option the Touch Rugby Association executives are thinking about for the upcoming season. Re-elected association president Clem Fortes says that at the codes recent annual general meeting, talks focused on possible venues for the 2012 season. With the touch rugby season scheduled to start in early February around the same time […]
Touch players fired up for new season
Thursday 5 January 2012 | Published in Touch Rugby
After a successful one-day touch rugby tournament on Monday, January 2, local touch players are itching to get back on the field for the 2012 season. Touch rugby is normally the first code to kick off the new season of sports, however exactly when the 2012 season will start is yet to be confirmed. The […]
Hot and fast touch rugby action
Wednesday 4 January 2012 | Published in Touch Rugby
A fantastic and full-on day of touch rugby was enjoyed on Monday by a large crowd at the Nikao field where 16 teams battled it out in hot and extremely humid conditions. The one-day competition was the annual Boxing Day tournament which was postponed due to appalling weather on Monday, December 26. Mondays combination of […]
Touch tourney rescheduled for Monday
Friday 30 December 2011 | Published in Touch Rugby
The annual Boxing Day touch rugby tournament that was supposed to be run on Monday December 26 will now be run on Monday January 2. The tournament was postponed due to the wet and wild weather on Monday and organisers felt that touch players and supporters would get more out of the one-day tournament if […]
All welcome at Boxing Day touch tourney
Saturday 24 December 2011 | Published in Touch Rugby
Excitement is brewing among touch rugby playing families and groups keen to hit the field for the Boxing Day touch tournament on Monday. The annual tournament has always had a strong and loyal following and this year will be no different with up to 16 teams expected to register for the tournament. The one-day competition […]
Oldies get into touch
Thursday 28 July 2011 | Published in Touch Rugby
Last Friday touch rugby was played by the golden oldies at the Ngatangiia field. From the outset, referee Taua penalised anyone back-chatting him.His firm control resulted in a fast and free-flowing game. Dawn, of the Central Chiefs, the only female player, showed the men why the ball will always beat the man. Her instincts for […]
Touch team finish 5th at World Cup
Monday 27 June 2011 | Published in Touch Rugby
The Cook Islands open mens touch rugby squad has finished 5th overall at the Touch Rugby World Cup in Scotland. The squad, ranked 13th in the world heading into the tournament, placed 2nd in their pool and 8th after the preliminary round qualify for the cup competition of the tournament. The squad won 6, lost […]
Touch team through at World Cup
Thursday 23 June 2011 | Published in Touch Rugby
The Cook Islands open mens touch rugby team have placed in the top 8 teams at the Touch World Cup in Scotland after the preliminary round and progress through to the next stage of the tournament. Nerves and freezing temperatures have been the biggest challenge for the squad however team manager Olivia Heather reports that […]
Touch squad fundraises
Saturday 11 June 2011 | Published in Touch Rugby
The touch rugby world cup squad will be conducting a run-a-thon today with funds raised to go towards covering the costs of newly selected players into the squad. The team will also be using funds raised today to purchase important items such as a medical and physio kit, recovery sustenance for 5-days of full on […]
Touch tussle for top spots
Thursday 10 March 2011 | Published in Touch Rugby
Top women’s tough rugby team, Bounty Hunters, all smiles after their grand finals win against the Kamikaze Heats on Monday. “/> The Kamikaze Bullets, Bounty Hunters and Vikings are the top three touch rugby teams on Rarotonga after emerging as the winners of the touch rugby finals on Monday. In the men’s division the Kamikaze […]
House 3 defend Tereora touch title
Thursday 10 March 2011 | Published in Touch Rugby
Tereora College house three successfully defended their championship title at last Friday’s annual inter house touch rugby tournament. The tournament held at the BCI Stadium was a fun event for students of the national college with many dressing up in their house colours for the day. In the end house three amassed a total of […]
Touch gets down to semi-finals
Monday 28 February 2011 | Published in Touch Rugby
The serious end of the touch rugby season is here as open men’s and women’s teams lace up for the semi finals at the BCI Stadium in Nikao today. At 5.30pm, 2nd placed Vikings will take on 3rd placed Rama in the first open men’s semi finals match of the day followed by 1st placed […]