Toa Kohe-Love

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Toa Kohe-Love
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Personal information
Born (1976-12-02) December 2, 1976 (age 46)
Wellington, New Zealand
Playing information
Height180 cm (5 ft 11 in)
Weight90 kg (14 st 2 lb) [1]
Position Centre
Club
YearsTeamPldTGFGP
1996–01 Warrington Wolves 1307500300
2002–03 Hull F.C. 46210084
2004 Bradford Bulls 30000
2005–06 Warrington Wolves 55210084
2007 Widnes Vikings 25170068
2008 Leigh Centurions 17100040
2009–10 Widnes Vikings 29150060
Total30515900636
Representative
YearsTeamPldTGFGP
2000 Aotearoa Māori 30000
Source: [2]

Toa Kohe-Love (born 2 December 1976) is a New Zealand former professional rugby league footballer who played as a centre. Kohe-Love represented Aotearoa Māori at the 2000 Rugby League World Cup.

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Early years

After growing up playing rugby union in Wellington Kohe-Love joined the new Auckland Warriors franchise on a development contract in 1995. He then moved to the Warrington Wolves in 1996.

Playing career

Toa Kohe-Love has previously played for the Bradford Bulls, two spells at Widnes Vikings Warrington Wolves, Leigh Centurions and Hull F.C. He is best remembered for two spells with the Warrington Wolves where he was leading try-scorer in the Super League era.

In October 2007 Kohe-Love joined the Leigh Centurions after experiencing defeat in the 2007 National League One Grand Final with the Widnes Vikings. Following the defeat and missing out on a place in the Super League at the last hurdle for a second consecutive year the Widnes Vikings went into administration and were forced to sell most of their star players. Toa Kohe-Love was one of the stars to leave to join the Leigh Centurions along with Denis Moran, Gareth Price, Lee Doran, Mike Morrison and Martin Keavney. He then returned to Widnes in 2009.

Post playing

Toa Kohe-Love is the father of the rugby league footballer who has played for the Warrington Wolves Academy; Joe Kohe-Love.

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References

  1. "Statistics at slstats.org". slstats.org. 13 August 2011. Archived from the original on 26 August 2007. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
  2. "Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org". rugbyleagueproject.org. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.