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- ↑ U.S. Rugby Foundation, Professional Staff, http://www.usrugbyfoundation.org/site/pp.asp?c=9fLHJVOxHmE&b=276068 Archived 2013-12-28 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ ESPN Scrum, US Rugby Foundation Gets New Chief, July 1, 2004, http://www.espnscrum.com/scrum/rugby/story/54129.html