Phillipa Love (born 8 April 1990) is a New Zealand

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player. She plays for the Black Ferns internationally and was a member of their

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champion squad. She also plays for

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in the Super Rugby Aupiki competition and represents Canterbury provincially.

Rugby career

2014–2016

Love made her debut for

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against

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on 14 June 2014 at Whakatāne. She was overlooked altogether in 2015. She was recalled to the Black Ferns in 2016 for their Northern Hemisphere tour, but ruptured her ACL during training and was ruled out for six months.

2017

In 2017, she earned her second cap against Canada, but was not named in the World Cup squad. She featured in the test match against the

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in 2018 at

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. Love was selected for the

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and played in every game. She played for the Black Ferns against a New Zealand Barbarians team in 2020 at Trafalgar Park in

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2021–2022

Love was named in the Black Ferns squad for the European tour of England and France for 2021. She signed with

for the inaugural Super Rugby Aupiki season in

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. Love was selected for the Black Ferns squad for the

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. In August, she made the team again for a two-test series against the Wallaroos for the Laurie O'Reilly Cup. She was selected for the Black Ferns 32-player squad for the

2023

Love was selected in the Black Ferns 30-player squad to compete in the Pacific Four Series and O’Reilly Cup. In July, she made the starting line up in her sides 21–52 victory over

at the Pacific Four Series in

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References

External links

Black Ferns Profile
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