# Danny Love

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{{Infobox rugby biography
| image           =
| birth_name      = Daniel Andrew Ngatata Love
| birth_date      = 
| birth_place     = 
| height          = 
| weight          = 
| ru_position     = Halfback, Fullback
| points1         = 
| super1          = [Crusaders](/source/Crusaders_(rugby_union))
| superyears1     = 1996
| superapps1      = 1
| superpoints1    = 0
| province1       = [Manawatu](/source/Manawatu_Rugby_Union)
| provinceyears1  = 1990-1992
| provinceapps1   = 14
| provincepoints1 = 138
| province2       = [Counties](/source/Counties_Manukau_Rugby_Union)
| provinceyears2  = 1993-1996
| provinceapps2   = 54
| provincepoints2 = 698
| repteam1        = [NZ Maori](/source/New_Zealand_M%C4%81ori_rugby_union_team)
| repyears1       = 1995
| repcaps1        = 2
| reppoints1      = 29
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'''Daniel Andrew Ngatata Love''' is a former New Zealand professional [rugby union](/source/rugby_union) player.

==Biography==
Love played as a halfback for [Manawatu](/source/Manawatu_Rugby_Union) 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](/source/Counties_Manukau_Rugby_Union). 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](/source/M%C4%81ori_All_Blacks) 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](/source/The_Dominion_(Wellington)) |date=16 October 1996 |page=41 }}</ref>

==References==
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Category:Living people
Category:New Zealand rugby union players
Category:Manawatu rugby union players
Category:Counties Manukau rugby union players
Category:Crusaders (rugby union) players
Category:Māori All Blacks players
Category:Rugby union scrum-halves
Category:Year of birth missing (living people)

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