Toa Kohe-Love Explained

Toa Kohe-Love
Birth Date:1976 12, df=yes
Birth Place:Wellington, New Zealand
Height:180cm (70inches)
Weight:90kg (200lb) [1]
Club1:Warrington Wolves
Year1start:1996
Year1end:01
Appearances1:130
Tries1:75
Goals1:0
Fieldgoals1:0
Points1:300
Club2:Hull FC
Year2start:2002
Year2end:03
Appearances2:46
Tries2:21
Goals2:0
Fieldgoals2:0
Points2:84
Club3:Bradford Bulls
Year3start:2004
Appearances3:3
Tries3:0
Goals3:0
Fieldgoals3:0
Points3:0
Year4start:2005
Year4end:06
Appearances4:55
Tries4:21
Goals4:0
Fieldgoals4:0
Points4:84
Club5:Widnes Vikings
Year5start:2007
Appearances5:25
Tries5:17
Goals5:0
Fieldgoals5:0
Points5:68
Club6:Leigh Centurions
Year6start:2008
Appearances6:17
Tries6:10
Goals6:0
Fieldgoals6:0
Points6:40
Year7start:2009
Year7end:10
Appearances7:29
Tries7:15
Goals7:0
Fieldgoals7:0
Points7:60
Teama:Aotearoa Māori
Yearastart:2000
Appearancesa:3
Triesa:0
Goalsa:0
Fieldgoalsa:0
Pointsa:0
New:yes
Retired:yes
Source:[2]

Toa Kohe-Love (born 2 December 1976) is a New Zealand former professional rugby league 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 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 (Heritage № 940), Leigh Centurions and Hull FC (Heritage № 997). 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.

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Statistics at slstats.org. slstats.org. 13 August 2011. 1 January 2012. dead. https://archive.today/20070826233014/http://www.slstats.org/p170/Toa%20Kohe-Love.html. 26 August 2007.
  2. Web site: Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org. rugbyleagueproject.org. 31 December 2017. 1 January 2018.