Samantha Love

Samantha Love (born 29 November 2005) is a field hockey player from Australia.

She has been listed as one of the 'futures' of Australian hockey.

Personal life Love is a current scholarship holder at the Victorian Institute of Sport.

She is a former student of St Catherine's School.

Career Domestic In Hockey Australia's premier domestic league, the One Active Hockey One, Love represents HC Melbourne.

She also competes in the Hockey Victoria Premier League, where she represents Hawthorn Hockey Club. She formerly represented MCC Hockey Club.

Under 21 Love made her debut for the Australian U–21 side, the Jillaroos, in 2023. She made her first international appearances during a test–series against Japan in the Gold Coast.

In 2025 she was named in the squad for the Junior Oceania Cup in Auckland, where she won a gold medal. She has most recently been named in the squad for the 2025 FIH Junior World Cup in Santiago.