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- ↑ ""Está muy bueno ser parte de los Jaguares"". A Pleno Rugby (in Spanish). 26 May 2014.
- ↑ "Chile cae ante Argentina en segunda fecha del Sudamericano de Rugby". El Deportero (in Spanish). 1 May 2013.
- ↑ "Categórica victoria de los Jaguares". A Pleno Rugby (in Spanish). 1 May 2013.
- ↑ "Los cuatro rosarinos del Barça... de rugby". Mirador Provincial (in Spanish). 31 January 2021.
- ↑ "Dan Isaak - Player statistics - It's rugby". www.itsrugby.co.uk.