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- ↑ "Andrew Alec Stewart". classicwallabies.com.au.
- ↑ "Australia Wins 12-6 All Blacks Outplayed". The Canberra Times . 29 July 1979. p. 21 – via National Library of Australia.
- ↑ "Argentina's captain leads team to win". The Canberra Times . 29 October 1979. p. 12 – via National Library of Australia.