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- ↑ "Montauban. USM : la disparition d'Arnaud Marquesuzaa". LaDepêche.fr (in French). 2 March 2020.
- ↑ "Stade Municipal, Parc Lescure, Bordeaux, 24 mai 1959". Ligue Nationale Rugby (in French). 9 July 2004.
- ↑ "Page 14 - atitude_rugby_130ans". Racing 92 (in French). Archived from the original on 6 October 2015.
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