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References
- Richards, Huw A Game for Hooligans: The History of Rugby Union (Mainstream Publishing, Edinburgh, 2007, ISBN 978-1-84596-255-5)
- ↑ Richards, Chapter 13, Resisting the Inevitable, p236
- ↑ Diego Ormaechea en el Salón de la Fama
