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Phillipa Love

Date of birth	(1990-04-08) 8 April 1990 (age 34)
Place of birth	Southbridge, Canterbury, New Zealand
Height	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Weight	90 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) International career Years Team Apps (Points) 2014–Present  New Zealand 17 (15)
Medal record Representing  New Zealand Women's rugby union Rugby World Cup 2021 New Zealand Team competition

Phillipa Love (born 8 April 1990) is a New Zealand rugby union player. She plays for the Black Ferns internationally and was a member of their 2021 Rugby World Cup champion squad. She also plays for Matatū in the Super Rugby Aupiki competition and represents Canterbury provincially.

Rugby career

2014–2016

Love made her debut for New Zealand against Canada on 14 June 2014 at Whakatāne. She 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.

2017

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. Love was selected for the 2019 Women's Rugby Super Series at San Diego and played in every game. She played for the Black Ferns against a New Zealand Barbarians team in 2020 at Trafalgar Park in Nelson, New Zealand.

2021–2022

Love was named in the Black Ferns squad for the European tour of England and France for 2021. She signed with Matatū for the inaugural Super Rugby Aupiki season in 2022.

Love was selected for the Black Ferns squad for the 2022 Pacific Four Series. In August, she made the team again for a two-test series against the Wallaroos for the Laurie O'Reilly Cup. She was selected for the Black Ferns 32-player squad for the 2021 Rugby World Cup.

2023

Love was selected in the Black Ferns 30-player squad to compete in the Pacific Four Series and O’Reilly Cup. In July, she made the starting line up in her sides 21–52 victory over Canada at the Pacific Four Series in Ottawa.

References

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11. "Seven Black Ferns and two Wallaroos named in inaugural Matatū squad". Stuff. 3 November 2021. Retrieved 5 February 2022.
12. "31-strong Black Ferns squad named for home June Test series". allblacks.com. 4 May 2022. Retrieved 12 June 2022.
13. "Black Ferns named for O'Reilly Cup Test series". allblacks.com. 2 August 2022. Retrieved 8 August 2022.
14. Brown, Roger (15 August 2022). "2022 Laurie O'Reilly Cup Black Ferns Vs Wallaroos " When Does It Start, Live Streams And Schedule"". thedailyrugby.com. Retrieved 16 August 2022.
15. "Black Ferns squad locked in for Rugby World Cup". allblacks.com. 13 September 2022. Retrieved 15 September 2022.
16. "Black Ferns Rugby World Cup squad named". RNZ. 13 September 2022. Retrieved 27 September 2022.
17. "First Black Ferns squad of 2023 named". allblacks.com. 7 June 2023. Retrieved 7 June 2023.
18. "Nine rookies named in first Black Ferns squad of 2023". NZ Herald. 7 June 2023. Retrieved 7 June 2023.
19. "Black Ferns fly past Canada in front of record crowd in Ottawa". Americas Rugby News. 9 July 2023. Retrieved 9 July 2023.
20. Burnes, Campbell (9 July 2023). "Black Ferns secure WXV1 qualification with Ottawa victory". allblacks.com. Retrieved 9 July 2023.

External links

• Black Ferns Profile

• 1990 births
• Living people
• New Zealand women's international rugby union players
• New Zealand female rugby union players
• People from Southbridge, New Zealand
• 21st-century New Zealand sportswomen