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- ↑ "2018 Adelaide Thunderbirds team". Adelaide Thunderbirds. Archived from the original on 1 May 2018.
- ↑ "Ipswich teen eyes spot with Queensland Firebirds". The Queensland Times. 4 November 2014.
- ↑ "A new era, a new team". Adelaide Thunderbirds. 14 November 2017. Archived from the original on 1 May 2018.
- ↑ "New-look Magic for 2019". Radio NZ. 3 September 2018.