{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2024}} {{Infobox rugby biography | image = | birth_name = Daniel Andrew Ngatata Love | birth_date = | birth_place = | height = | weight = | ru_position = Halfback, Fullback | points1 = | super1 = Crusaders | superyears1 = 1996 | superapps1 = 1 | superpoints1 = 0 | province1 = Manawatu | provinceyears1 = 1990-1992 | provinceapps1 = 14 | provincepoints1 = 138 | province2 = Counties | provinceyears2 = 1993-1996 | provinceapps2 = 54 | provincepoints2 = 698 | repteam1 = NZ Maori | repyears1 = 1995 | repcaps1 = 2 | reppoints1 = 29 }}
'''Daniel Andrew Ngatata Love''' is a former New Zealand professional rugby union player.
==Biography== Love played as a halfback for Manawatu for three seasons until 1992.<ref>{{cite book |last=Howitt |first=Bob |title=Radio New Zealand Sport Rugby Annual 1992 |year=1992 |publisher=Moa Beckett |location=Auckland |isbn=1 86947 114 8 |page=121 }}</ref> He then shifted teams to play for Counties. He was in the Counties team which won promotion to the first division in 1993.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.steelers.co.nz/steelers-heat/latest/news/30-years-on-from-promotion-to-division-1.html |title=30 years on from promotion to Division 1 |website=Counties Manukau |access-date=10 October 2024 }}</ref> In just four seasons Love scored a record 698 points for the union.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://nzhistory.govt.nz/culture/regional-rugby/counties |title=Counties Manukau rugby |website=Manatū Taonga — Ministry for Culture and Heritage |date=30 August 2021 |access-date=10 October 2024 }}</ref>
In 1995 Love played two matches for the New Zealand Maori team. He was picked for New Zealand Maori's three-match tour of Tonga and Fiji in 1996, but was unable to join the tour because of an injury.<ref>{{cite news |first=Lindsay |last=Knight |title=Flanker forced to change plans after surprise call |work=The Dominion |date=16 October 1996 |page=41 }}</ref>
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