The New Zealand women’s lawn bowls triples have won bronze at the Commonwealth Games after beating the Cook Islands 26-7.

The Blackjacks dominated from the start of the game and didn’t let up.

Their victory comes after earlier being beaten by Malaysia with a score of 9-16.

Meanwhile, the women’s pairs will also face Malaysia in their bronze medal match on Saturday at 7.30pm NZT.

They were soundly defeated by England in their semi-final match.

And the men’s lawn bowls fours have narrowly failed to reach the semi-finals after losing to Wales.

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