Epalahame "Hame" Lauaki (born 27 January 1984) is a Tongan former professional rugby league footballer who last played for the Bradford Bulls in the Championship.

[6] Lauaki was educated at Waitakere College and then at Kelston Boys High School and played for the Waitemata Seagulls[7] and Glenora Bears[5] in the Auckland Rugby League competition.

He was signed by the New Zealand Warriors and made his first grade début on 14 March 2004 against Brisbane Broncos at Suncorp Stadium.

[9] After finally arriving at the KC Stadium late in 2009, Lauaki made his intentions clear with a number of brutally committed displays.

The hard-working, powerful second-rower or prop forward will provide some serious physicality, along with good feet and a great offload and many teams will fear him this season.

Those attributes were epitomised in 2010, with a stunning hand off on Leon Pryce to score against St. Helens on the opening day of the season, before a similar try against Salford later that year as he held off four men to touch down.

[11] In 2007 Lauaki was then named in the New Zealand national rugby league team squad for the tour of Great Britain.

Lauaki married Renee (née Halapua) from Hihifo, Tonga, whom he met in Auckland, New Zealand.

In 2023, Lauaki participated in season 3 of Match Fit, where former rugby players return to play against the Australian counterparts.

[15] By the halfway point of the program, he revealed that he still struggles with Sione Lauaki's death in 2017 due to heart and kidney problems.