Expanding Footy 9s into the Cook Islands is part of our plan to grow the game in the Pacific.
Footy 9s is played on rectangular fields, allowing the sport to be played on any soccer or rugby field.
There are 3 great formats to choose from – Men’s Footy, Women’s Footy and Touch Footy.
Get Involved
If you are keen to be involved with the development of the sport in Cook Islands, we would love to hear from you. Please contact us via info@aflinternational.com.
AUSTRALIA & COOK ISLANDS
A diaspora of at least 16,000 Cook Islands citizens live in Australia, including in Melbourne, Sydney and Perth.
The 2016 Census recorded 6,831 Cook Islands-born people in Australia. New South Wales had the largest number with 2,208 followed by Queensland (2,067), Victoria (1,900) and Western Australia (464).
TEAM COOK ISLANDS
The 15 volcanic islands and coral atolls of the Cook Islands are scattered over 770,000 square miles of the South Pacific, between American Samoa to the west and French Polynesia to the east.
A former British protectorate, the territory is a self-governing state in free association with New Zealand. Its economy centres on tourism; the territory’s natural assets include fine beaches and volcanic mountains.
Named after Captain Cook, who explored them in 1773, the islands were once autonomous, home to tribes of mixed Polynesian ancestry. Governments still seek advice on matters of culture, custom and land ownership from a council of hereditary leaders known as the House of Ariki.
The main population centres are on the island of Rarotonga. There is a much larger population of Cook Islanders in New Zealand. Although Cook Islanders are citizens of New Zealand, they have the status of Cook Islands nationals, which is not given to other New Zealand citizens.
