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Tepaea Cook-Savage (born 8 February 2001) is a New Zealand professional
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player who plays as a
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for National Provincial Championship club Waikato and the New Zealand national sevens team.


Early life

He attended St Paul's Collegiate School in
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and captained their first XV rugby team in 2019. That year, he also played for the New Zealand Barbarian Schools side.


International career

Te Paea Cook-Savage plays for Waikato and has featured at full back. In 2021 he was Waikato's top points scorer and was subsequently called up to New Zealand Under 20's side. He was called-up to the New Zealand national rugby sevens team team for the first time in December 2022. The following month he signed a two-year contract with the New Zealand Sevens side. He was a member of the New Zealand Sevens team that won the Hong Kong Sevens title in April 2024. He competed for
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at the
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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Cook-Savage, Tepaea 2001 births Living people New Zealand rugby union players People from Kaitaia Rugby union wings Rugby union fullbacks Rugby union players from Hamilton, New Zealand Waikato rugby union players Rugby sevens players at the 2024 Summer Olympics Olympic rugby sevens players for New Zealand