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- ↑ Past Caps E nzrl.co.nz
- ↑ Coffey, John; Wood, Bernie (2008). 100 years: Māori rugby league, 1908-2008. Huia Publishers. p. 279. ISBN 978-1-86969-331-2.
- ↑ Young guns take the spoils as vets look-on Archived 2010-05-26 at the Wayback Machine Shearing Sports NZ Inc., 7 March 2010