User:Tonga National Tag Team

The Team name for the Tonga National Tag Team is Laione Hau. The Tonga National Tag Association is the Governing Body for the Sport of Tag overseeing all codes of Tag played. It is also known as Tonga Tag.

Tonga Tag is under the supervision of T.A.S.A, Tonga Olympic Committee and The Ministry of Tonga Sports. Commencing in November 2011 This is the first official Tonga National Tag body.

Although Tag is a new sport in Tonga, it is a very popular sport in countries such as New Zealand, Australia, Ireland and England where it originated from.

Many Tongans play Tag outside of Tonga and are national representatives. With this movement of Tonga Tag there is an increase of interest from athletes of Tonga descent to represent Tonga.

Currently there are two(2) codes of Tag. Tag20 rugby and Tag football. Both codes are under the governance of Tonga Tag regarding those that wish to represent Tonga in their given code.

In January 2012 Tonga's first official open mens Tag team participated in The Tag20 Rugby Pacific Cup held in New Zealand. The Tonga open mens team was compiled five(5) days prior to the Pacific Cup with very little training. Beating Fiji and Australia Laione Hau progressed to the final of the Bowl. The Tag20 Rugby International Cup is held in Gold Coast October 2012 and Tag Football World Cup is held in New Zealand, December 2012.