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- ↑ "It's always worth reading about again the day Manu Samoa arrived on the Rugby World Cup scene and beat Wales". Keith Quinn Rugby. 8 July 2015. Retrieved 14 January 2024.
- ↑ Toby Robson (5 February 2014). "Akira Ioane brings size, pedigree to NZ sevens". Stuff.co.nz. Retrieved 14 January 2017.
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