The Cook Islands women sevens team will use the Oceania rugby sevens tournament as a building ground towards the 2017/2018 HSBC sevens series.

Coach Crystal Kaua says, after their poor performance at the Central Coast sevens last month, they will need to improve in some areas before the tournament.

“Central Coast was a hard tournament for us it was the first time we’ve been together after a long time and we have some new players but it was a learning ground for our players before the Oceania.”

The Oceania tournament will be held this Friday and Saturday, at the ANZ Stadium in Suva.