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- ↑ "Premiership title". Rugby League Project.
- ↑ "Premiership title 1993-94". Rugby League Project.
- ↑ "Rugby League: Wigan work to maintain dominance: Castleford's good start and sensational finish fails to stop treble-winners". The Independent. 22 May 1994. Retrieved 16 February 2024.