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- ↑ "Register" . Retrieved 17 March 2023– via British Newspaper Archive.
- ↑ "Register" . Retrieved 17 March 2023– via British Newspaper Archive.
- ↑ "Register" . Retrieved 17 March 2023– via British Newspaper Archive.
- ↑ Rummle them up! The Border Rugby Story. Walter Thomson. Sportsprint Publishing. Edinburgh. 1989.
- ↑ Rummle them up! The Border Rugby Story. Walter Thomson. Sportsprint Publishing. Edinburgh. 1989.
- ↑ "Register" . Retrieved 17 March 2023– via British Newspaper Archive.
- ↑ "Register" . Retrieved 17 March 2023– via British Newspaper Archive.
- ↑ "Scottish Rugby Record 2018/19" (PDF). Scottish Rugby . Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 November 2019. Retrieved 6 April 2020.
- ↑ "Register" . Retrieved 17 March 2023– via British Newspaper Archive.