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- ↑ "NZ Women's Sevens World Cup team unveiled". All Blacks. 8 June 2013. Archived from the original on 15 June 2013. Retrieved 26 October 2017.
- ↑ Knowler, Richard (7 June 2013). "Olympic sevens dream drives Alexis Tapsell". Stuff. Retrieved 15 June 2022.
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- ↑ "NZ Women's Sevens team named for season opener in Dubai". Māori Television. 26 November 2015. Retrieved 15 June 2022.