Danny Love
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2024}}
{{Infobox rugby biography
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| birth_name = Daniel Andrew Ngatata Love
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| height =
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| 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
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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.{{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 }} He then shifted teams to play for Counties. He was in the Counties team which won promotion to the first division in 1993.{{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 }} In just four seasons Love scored a record 698 points for the union.{{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 }}
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.{{cite news |first=Lindsay |last=Knight |title=Flanker forced to change plans after surprise call |work=The Dominion |date=16 October 1996 |page=41 }}