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- ↑ Salalo, Sereana (22 May 2020). "Kenatale: Playing in empty stadium is new for us". Fiji Sun .
- ↑ "Flying Fijians ready for Canada". Fiji World News. 5 June 2013.
- ↑ "Ex-Flying Fijians Joins Police". Fiji Sun. 10 December 2021.