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- ↑ @RugbyFCLA (22 December 2023). "Introducing your 2024 squad" (Tweet). Retrieved 23 December 2023– via Twitter.
- ↑ "St. George Queensland Reds announce team for Round 1 clash in Canberra" (Press release). Queensland Reds. 29 January 2020. Retrieved 29 January 2020.