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- ↑ "SA Rugby Player Profile – Archer Dames". South African Rugby Union. Retrieved 22 August 2016.
- ↑ South African Rugby Annual 2014. South African Rugby Union. 2015. pp. 255–257. ISBN 978-0-620-62087-1.