The Australian Oztag Association is a non-profit sporting association promoting Oztag, the first non-tackling Tag adaptation of the rugby codes. It is the largest non-tackling form of Tag in Australia with active competitions in NSW, Queensland, the ACT, Victoria and WA.

The game involves a maximum of 8 players on the field at any one time with the objective to score tries and to defend the opponents by “tagging” them.

Since its inception in 1992, Oztag has grown outside Australia and is now played by over 20 nations worldwide.

Australian Oztag is represented on the Board of the International Tag Federation.

Oztag is played socially at a club level and has an established representative pathway where you can be selected to play for Australia (Tagaroos).

Australian will host the next World Cup in late 2026.

In Australia, the game is played by more than 200,000 players from the ages X to Y with female participation at 37% and growing.

Australian Oztag is mandated to encourage the participation of the game of Oztag in Australia including:

• Conduct development clinics in primary and high schools
• Promote Women in sport
• Hold High-Performance clinics for emerging representative players
• Conduct workshops for the disabled and disadvantaged
• Provide best practice coaching courses and accreditation
• Provider best practice referee courses and accreditation
• As a member of the International Tag Federation host Oztag series in Australia promoting multiculturalism and inclusion such as hosting the Australian Invitational Challenge and Emerging Nations Tournaments
• Host National, Beachtag and Interstate Oztag tournaments
• Support players in the national side, the “Tagaroos”
• Assist in promoting and supporting the game in emerging playing nations such as Fiji, Japan, India and UAE.

Australian Oztag has a game development partnership with the NRL to grow the game of ‘Tag’ in Australia.

Oztag started in 1992 with two small senior competitions being held in the St George region (32 teams) & the Cronulla region (16 teams).

The first junior competition was started in Cronulla in 1995 with 14 teams competing.

The Game has now grown nationally with the majority of players competing along the Eastern states of Australia, that being New South Wales, Queensland and the ACT.

Oztag has also expanded to other states including Victoria, Western Australia and South Australia and there are also over 20 nations playing Oztag internationally.

The NSW Senior State Cup started back in 1995 with only 16 teams competing, the 2021 NSW Senior State Cup saw over 230 teams competing from all parts of the State including the ACT.

It is at the Junior level where Oztag has seen its biggest growth with the first NSW Junior State Cup being held in 2005 with 36 teams fielding 570 players, 2021 saw over 380 teams competing across 2 tournaments fielding over 5600 players.

These numbers are reflected in the Queensland Junior State Cup with the number of teams competing being a record high 175 teams fielding over 2500 players.

There are currently 150,000 players competing in Oztag competitions throughout Australia across 80 Associations which further emphasises the significance and continued growth of the Game.