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- ↑ "Rugby:A legend in Irish and world rugby". Belfast Telegraph . 4 September 2001.
- ↑ "Five new caps for Irish RU". Huddersfield Daily Examiner . 3 January 1977.
- ↑ "Wilson looks to family values". Irish Examiner . 8 June 2005.