Tonga's National Tag Rugby Team is also known as Laione Hau. The figurative symbol of the lion is synonymous with The King of Tonga and historic battles fought and conquered by Tongan kings and warriors. The governing body for tag rugby or flag football for Tonga is called Tonga Tag. Tag rugby is the original creation of this growing sport. In most parts of The United States and Canada they called it flag football or American flag rugby. An increasing number of countries participate in the sport of tag rugby, including Australia, England, Ireland, New Zealand, USA, France, Samoa, Cook Islands, Niue, Fiji and Tonga. The International Woman's Flag Football Association also runs a tournament that involves countries like the United States, Canada, Denmark, Sweden, Finland and Mexico.

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Tonga Tag plays most variants of tag rugby and flag football; tag rugby is the most predominant in Tonga. Although Tonga has been represented in the past, they have been residential teams. Laione Hau or Tonga Tag is the first official Tonga national tag team.^[1]

The coat of arms for the National Tag team consists of two golden lions facing each other depicting Loyalty. Between the lions is a shield presenting the Tongan flag with a water mark of a rugby ball. Above the shield and the lions is the royal crown. [1]

Otua mo Tonga (God and Tonga)

Tag rugby is a new sport in Tongatapu but widely played around the world. Tag rugby was developed from the sport Rugby league. Until recently, tag was not widely known or played locally in Tonga. The sport was introduced approximately in 2007, but lack of supervision and development throughout the Kingdom of Tonga caused participation in the sport to decline. In October 2011, tag rugby was reintroduced in Tonga with an innovating difference to cement tag rugby as a bonfire sport and become internationally competitive.

In January 2012, Tonga entered the first official tag team into the Tag Pacific Cup held and hosted by New Zealand in Auckland. One team was entered, an open men's team. [2] Tag rugby is becoming a popular sport and reviving great interests from athletes of Tongan descent to represent their mother land. Although tag is at a grass roots level in Tonga, many athletes residing outside of Tonga play proficiently and represent other developed national teams such as Australia, Ireland, England and New Zealand.

• Tag rugby – The International Tag Cup in Gold Coast, Australia.
• Tag football – Tag World Cup, New Zealand.

• Tag Rugby Trust
• Tag Rugby
• Flag Football
• Tongan language
• Tongan paʻanga