A team of Cook Islands golden league players is making itself known on Australias Gold Coast in the International Masters of Rugby League tournament.

The team has won its first two matches in the golden oldies competition, beating the fired up Otara Scorpions from South Auckland on Friday and then demolishing the Wellington Marton Bears seven tries to nil yesterday.

The 22-man team touched down at the weekend and a nameless player going by the pen-name Turtle said the teams hard training looked to be paying off.

The Scorpions were vicious in the defence and attack and wasted no time in stinging the Kuki Turtles with a couple of good tries in the first quarter, he said.

Playing their game on the number one field in front of a good crowd seems a bit daunting for the local boys.

There was a sense of concern from the crowd that this level of competition might be out of depth for the island boys who had arrived that morning from the Cook Islands and straight on the field for their first game.

However, true to their slogan slow and steady the Kuki Turtles kept their composure and clawed their way back with a good busting run from the Masters President Lucky Matapuku to dot down for their first try.

This was followed by another fantastic break by their full back Sonny Pureau to put their stand off Charles Carlson, president of Cook Islands Rugby League, into the gap for a 30-metre dash for the second try.

The Scorpions, sensing the pressure from the Kuki Turtles, tried to up the tempo of the game only to be hammered by a solid wall of defence from the experienced Lucky Matapuku, Taua Benioni, Teariki Adams, and Carlson.

With all the training and preparation that has gone into preparing the team paid off with Sonny Pureau and Johnny Hosking scoring 2 more tries to beat the Scorpions 4-2, Turtle said.

The second game yesterday saw the Kuki Turtles full of confidence as they upped the tempo to demolish the Wellington Marton Bears 7 tries to nil.

The Kukis will now play the top Southport Tigers from the Gold Coast for the third game tomorrow.

After playing in their first tournament in 2009 and never winning a game, the Kuki Turtles has shocked quite a few teams at the standard of the team bearing in mind over half the team never played rugby league in the playing days.

A team of Cook Islands golden league players is making itself known on Australias Gold Coast in the International Masters of Rugby League tournament.

The team has won its first two matches in the golden oldies competition, beating the fired up Otara Scorpions from South Auckland on Friday and then demolishing the Wellington Marton Bears seven tries to nil yesterday.

The 22-man team touched down at the weekend and a nameless player going by the pen-name Turtle said the teams hard training looked to be paying off.

The Scorpions were vicious in the defence and attack and wasted no time in stinging the Kuki Turtles with a couple of good tries in the first quarter, he said.

Playing their game on the number one field in front of a good crowd seems a bit daunting for the local boys.

There was a sense of concern from the crowd that this level of competition might be out of depth for the island boys who had arrived that morning from the Cook Islands and straight on the field for their first game.

However, true to their slogan slow and steady the Kuki Turtles kept their composure and clawed their way back with a good busting run from the Masters President Lucky Matapuku to dot down for their first try.

This was followed by another fantastic break by their full back Sonny Pureau to put their stand off Charles Carlson, president of Cook Islands Rugby League, into the gap for a 30-metre dash for the second try.

The Scorpions, sensing the pressure from the Kuki Turtles, tried to up the tempo of the game only to be hammered by a solid wall of defence from the experienced Lucky Matapuku, Taua Benioni, Teariki Adams, and Carlson.

With all the training and preparation that has gone into preparing the team paid off with Sonny Pureau and Johnny Hosking scoring 2 more tries to beat the Scorpions 4-2, Turtle said.

The second game yesterday saw the Kuki Turtles full of confidence as they upped the tempo to demolish the Wellington Marton Bears 7 tries to nil.

The Kukis will now play the top Southport Tigers from the Gold Coast for the third game tomorrow.

After playing in their first tournament in 2009 and never winning a game, the Kuki Turtles has shocked quite a few teams at the standard of the team bearing in mind over half the team never played rugby league in the playing days.