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References
- ↑ "Christo Ferreira". ESPN scrum. Retrieved 2019-10-24.
- ↑ Jooste, Graham K. (1995). South African rugby test players 1949-1995. Johannesburg: Penguin. pp. 119–120. ISBN 0140250174. OCLC 36916860.
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