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- ↑ Gaynor, Jacob (22 October 2019). "AFLW Draft Review: Eighteen selected from AFL NSW/ACT". AFL NSW/ACT.
- ↑ "GIANTS Thank Goodsir". Greater Western Sydney . Telstra. 21 March 2023.
