Richard Loe

Richard Loe

Birth name	Richard Wyllie Loe
Date of birth	(1960-04-06) 6 April 1960
Place of birth	Christchurch, New Zealand
Height	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight	116 kg (18 st 4 lb)
School	Christchurch Boys' High School
Notable relative(s)	Olivia Loe (daughter)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Prop Amateur team(s) Years Team Apps (Points) ChCh HSOB () Provincial / State sides Years Team Apps (Points) 1995–1996 Canterbury () 1985–1994 Waikato () 1982–1984 Marlborough () 1980–1981 Canterbury () Super Rugby Years Team Apps (Points) 1997 Chiefs () 1996 Crusaders () International career Years Team Apps (Points) 1987–1995 New Zealand 49 (25)

Richard Wyllie Loe (born 6 April 1960) is a retired All Black prop forward. He is a sports broadcaster on BSport, Radio Live and SKY Sport.

Private life

Loe was born in 1960 in Christchurch, New Zealand. He is a nephew of Alex "Grizz" Wyllie. He was married to Felicity. Two of their daughters, Jessica and Olivia Loe, have represented New Zealand in rowing.

Domestic career

A product of Christchurch Boys' High School and its 1st XV captained by Steve Hansen, Loe played for a number of age-grade Canterbury sides. Originally pursuing a career with the stock agency firm, Pyne Gould Guinness, Loe played for the Glenmark and HSOB clubs, making his senior debut for the former at the age of 17. Loe began his first-class career with Canterbury in 1980, before playing for Marlborough and, for the majority of his career, Waikato from 1985 – 1994, before returning to Canterbury for the 1995 and 1996 seasons. Loe also played in France with RC Vichy from 1990 to 1992. Loe was known as a dirty player and was banned for 6 months for eye gouging in a match against Otago.

International career

Loe's international debut came in 1986 at the age of 26 against the French Barbarians. Loe represented New Zealand in the Rugby World Cup on three occasions. He was part of the 1987 Rugby World Cup victorious All Black squad, playing in two tests versus Italy and Argentina. He then played on the All Black team that lost to Australia in the 1991 Rugby World Cup semi-final. He was also part of the side that lost the 1995 Rugby World Cup final 12–15 to South Africa in a game where the All Blacks had been favorites. His last test was in 1995, when, aged 35, he was part of the New Zealand side that beat France 37–12.

Summary

He played 49 Tests between 1987 and 1995, as part of a front row that included Sean Fitzpatrick. His test record consisted of 37 wins, 2 draws, and 10 losses. In addition, he played 29 non-test matches for the All Blacks, 3 as captain.

Anecdotes

Throughout his career he received numerous bans for striking, eye gouging and other foul play.

Post rugby

Following retirement, Loe retired to his dairy farm and became a sports columnist in New Zealand. He also does touch line commentary for Sky TV in New Zealand and is an occasional guest on the rugby TV show re-Union. He does a 'Farming and Footy' show called On The Field on sport radio station LiveSPORT which is replayed on Radio Live (and LiveSPORT) the following day.

See also

• High School Old Boys RFC

External links

• Richard Loe at AllBlacks.com

On the Field Radio Show on Bsport (http://www.bsport.co.nz/FarmingOntheField/tabid/264/language/en-NZ/Default.aspx)