Phillipa Love

Phillipa Love (born 8 April 1990) is a New Zealand rugby union player. She made her debut for New Zealand against Canada on 14 June 2014 at Whakatāne.[1]

Phillipa Love
Date of birth (1990-04-08) 8 April 1990
Height1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Weight90 kg (198 lb)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Prop
Senior career
Years Team Apps (Points)
2022 Matatū (0)
Provincial / State sides
Years Team Apps (Points)
Canterbury (0)
National team(s)
Years Team Apps (Points)
2014–Present  New Zealand 16 (15)

Career

Love 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.

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 United States in 2018 at Chicago.[2] Love was selected for the 2019 Women's Rugby Super Series at San Diego and played in every game.[3][4][5][6] She played for the Black Ferns against a New Zealand Barbarians team in 2020 at Trafalgar Park in Nelson, New Zealand.[7]

She was named in the squad for the European tour of England and France for 2021.[8][9] Love signed with Matatū for the inaugural Super Rugby Aupiki season in 2022.[10][11]

References
  1. van Royen, Robert (7 September 2014). "Rugby: Prop driving Spirit in bid for top-two spot". Otago Daily Times Online News. Retrieved 5 February 2022.
  2. "New Zealand Names Black Ferns Roster For The Rugby Weekend Rematch vs. USA – FloRugby". www.florugby.com. 2 November 2018. Retrieved 5 February 2022.
  3. Goff, Alex (1 July 2019). "Eagles, Black Ferns Set To Face Off In Super Series – FloRugby". www.florugby.com. Retrieved 5 February 2022.
  4. "Super Series Preview – Canada vs New Zealand". Americas Rugby News. 28 June 2019. Retrieved 5 February 2022.
  5. "Canada vs New Zealand: 2019 Super Series". djcoilrugby. 27 June 2019. Retrieved 5 February 2022.
  6. Grounds, Ben (24 June 2019). "Women's Rugby Super Series preview: England prepare to face world's best". Sky Sports. Retrieved 5 February 2022.
  7. "Black Ferns and NZ Barbarians teams named for Nelson game". www.aucklandrugby.co.nz. Retrieved 5 February 2022.
  8. "34-player Black Ferns squad named for Test series". allblacks.com. 6 September 2021. Retrieved 5 February 2022.
  9. "Black Ferns name youthful squad for European tour". 1 News. 6 September 2021. Retrieved 5 February 2022.
  10. "Matatū confirm their inaugural 2022 squad". Crusaders Rugby. Retrieved 5 February 2022.
  11. "Seven Black Ferns and two Wallaroos named in inaugural Matatū squad". Stuff. 3 November 2021. Retrieved 5 February 2022.
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