Cook Islands overcome a brave France effort to bow out of World Cup with a 26-18 win

COOK Islands rounded off their World Cup campaign with a hard-fought 26-18 win over France. The Cook Islands were held up twice in the opening exchanges before they finally crashed over courtesy of an April Ngatupuna drive to the line on 18 minutes. Kere Matua converted for a 6-0 lead. France did respond just before…

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