Toa Kohe-Love (born 2 December 1976) is a New Zealand former professional

rugby league Rugby league football, commonly known as rugby league in English-speaking countries and rugby 13/XIII in non-Anglophone Europe, is a contact sport, full-contact sport played by two teams of thirteen players on a rectangular Rugby league playin ...

footballer who played as a . Kohe-Love represented Aotearoa Māori at the

2000 Rugby League World Cup The 2000 Rugby League World Cup was the twelfth Rugby League World Cup, World Cup for men’s national rugby league teams, held between 28 October and 25 November and hosted between the United Kingdom, Republic of Ireland, Ireland and France. ...

Early years

After growing up playing

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in Wellington Kohe-Love joined the new

Auckland Warriors The Warriors are a professional rugby league football club based in Auckland, New Zealand that competes in the National Rugby League (NRL) premiership and is the League's only team from outside Australia. They were formed in 1995 as the Aucklan ...

franchise on a development contract in 1995. He then moved to the

Warrington Wolves Warrington Wolves are a professional rugby league club based in Warrington, England. They play home games at the Halliwell Jones Stadium and compete in Super League, the top tier of British rugby league system, British rugby league. Warringto ...

in 1996.

Playing career

Toa Kohe-Love has previously played for the

Bradford Bulls The Bradford Bulls are a professional rugby league club in Bradford, West Yorkshire, England, and compete in the Championship, the second tier of British rugby league. The club have won the League Championship six times, the Challenge Cup f ...

, two spells at

Widnes Vikings The Widnes Vikings are an English rugby league club in Widnes, Cheshire, which competes in the RFL Championship, Betfred Championship. The club plays home matches at DCBL Stadium. Founded as Widnes Football Club, they are one of the original twe ...

Leigh Centurions The Leigh Leopards are a professional rugby league club based in Leigh, Greater Manchester, England. Leigh play homes games at Leigh Sports Village and compete in Super League, the top tier of British rugby league system, British rugby league. ...

and

Hull FC Hull Football Club, commonly referred to as Hull or Hull F.C., is a professional rugby league club based in Kingston upon Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, England. Hull play their home games at the MKM Stadium and compete in Super League, the t ...

. He is best remembered for two spells with the

where he was leading try-scorer in the

Super League Super League (also known as the Betfred Super League for sponsorship reasons, and legally Super League Europe Ltd.) is a professional rugby league competition, and the highest level of the British rugby league system, which consists of twelve t ...

era. In October 2007 Kohe-Love joined the

after experiencing defeat in the 2007

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Grand Final with the

. Following the defeat and missing out on a place in the

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

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.

References

External links

Leigh Centurions Player ProfileWarrington’s World Cup heroes – Toa Kohe-Love
{{DEFAULTSORT:Kohe-Love, Toa 1976 births Living people Bradford Bulls players Hull F.C. players Leigh Leopards players New Zealand rugby league players New Zealand Māori rugby league players New Zealand Māori rugby league team players New Zealand expatriate rugby league players in England Rugby league centres Rugby league players from Wellington City Warrington Wolves players Widnes Vikings players