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- 1 2 Benjamin Danso profile at totalrugby.de (in German) accessed: 5 March 2010
- ↑ TotalRugby Wechselbörse (in German) totalrugby.de, accessed: 7 March 2010
- ↑ Benjamin Danso (in German) DRV website, accessed: 30 April 2012
- ↑ "Benjamin Danso". ESPN scrum. Retrieved 2021-04-28.