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

rugby league Rugby league football, commonly known as just rugby league and sometimes football, footy, rugby or league, is a full-contact sport played by two teams of thirteen players on a rectangular field measuring 68 metres (75 yards) wide and 11 ...

footballer who played as a . Kohe-Love represented Aotearoa Māori at the 2000 Rugby League World Cup.

Early years

After growing up playing

rugby union Rugby union, commonly known simply as rugby, is a close-contact team sport that originated at Rugby School in the first half of the 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand. In it ...

in Wellington Kohe-Love joined the new

Auckland Warriors The New Zealand 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 ...

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

Warrington Wolves The Warrington Wolves are a professional rugby league club based in Warrington, England, that competes in the Super League. They play rugby at the Halliwell Jones Stadium, having moved there from Wilderspool in 2004. Founded as Warrington ...

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, playing in the Championship. They have won five Challenge Cups, six league championships and three World Club Challenges. The team jersey is predom ...

, two spells at

Widnes Vikings The Widnes Vikings are an English rugby league club in Widnes, Cheshire, which competes in the Betfred Championship. The club plays home matches at the Halton Stadium. Founded as Widnes Football Club, they are one of the original twenty-two r ...

, Leigh Centurions and

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He is best remembered for two spells with the

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

. 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.

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 Centurions players New Zealand rugby league players New Zealand Māori rugby league players New Zealand Māori rugby league team players New Zealand expatriate sportspeople in England Rugby league centres Rugby league players from Wellington City Warrington Wolves players Widnes Vikings players