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- ↑ @EdinburghRugby (6 December 2020). "Edinburgh have added 20-year-old pair Charlie Savala (stand-off) and Korie Winters (wing) to the wider squad ahead of Saturday's match v La Rochelle, having been scouted and recruited by Scottish Rugby's SQ programme" (Tweet). Retrieved 23 March 2021– via Twitter.
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