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- ↑ "Rugby Union: Bristol's Scottish international prop, Alan Sharp, has escaped a ban". The Independent . 16 November 1995.
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- ↑ Bale, Steven (8 December 1992). "Rugby Union: Scots call up Sharp for A team". The Independent.