Tautahi Gold is one of the
two Tongan

Tonga

Tonga, officially the Kingdom of Tonga , is a state and an archipelago in the South Pacific Ocean, comprising 176 islands scattered over of ocean in the South Pacific...

 rugby union

Rugby union

Rugby union, often simply referred to as rugby, is a full contact team sport which originated in England in the early 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand...

 teams for the Pacific Rugby Cup

Pacific Rugby Cup

The IRB Pacific Rugby Cup is an annual rugby union development competition. First held in 2006, it features representative teams from the three Pacific rugby union unions - Fiji, Samoa and Tonga.The participating teams are:*Samoa A from Samoa...

; the other team being Tau'uta Reds

Tau'uta Reds

Tau'uta Reds is one of the two Tongan rugby union teams for the Pacific Rugby Cup; the other team being Tautahi Gold.-Name:Tau’uta Reds is the name of Tonga's land warriors which mainly fought the war that united Tonga as one Kingdom...

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The home of the Tautahi Gold is the combination of Ha'apai

Ha'apai

Haapai is a group of islands, islets, reefs and shoals in the central part of the Kingdom of Tonga, with the Tongatapu group to the south and the Vavau group to the north. Seventeen of the Haapai islands are populated....

, 'Eua

'Eua

Eua is a smaller but still major island in the kingdom of Tonga. It is close to Tongatapu, but forms a separate administrative division. It has an area of 87.44 km2, and a population in 2006 of 5,165 people.- Geography :...

 and half of Tongatapu

Tongatapu

Tongatapu is the main island of the Kingdom of Tonga and the location of its capital Nukualofa. It is located in Tonga's southern island group, to which it gives its name, and is the country's most populous island, with approximately 71,260 residents , 70.5% of the national population...

 Town District. It was important to the Union to make a home for the two teams to provide a pathway for players into Tonga's national rugby team

Tonga national rugby union team

The Tonga national rugby union team is nicknamed Ikale Tahi . Like their Polynesian neighbours, the Tongans start their matches with a war dance – the Kailao . They are members of the Pacific Islands Rugby Alliance along with Fiji and Samoa...

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Name

Tautahi is the name of Tonga's traditional Navy Army. The reason behind using the Gold is the colours of the Sun which Tongans use as their navigational campus.

2010 SQUAD

Internationally Capped Players

Isilele Matakaiongo Tupou Samisoni Pone Fangatapu 'Apikotoa Soane Havea

Soane Havea

Soane Havea, full name, Soane Patita Pat Boone Sioape Havea is a Tongan rugby union player who currently plays for the Tautahi Gold in the IRB Pacific Rugby Cup...

 Samiu Ika