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- ↑ "Epeli Lairoti". Soccerway. Retrieved 30 September 2017.
- ↑ "DIGICEL Fiji National Men's Football Team Reveals Captains and Final Squad for Pacific Games". Fiji Football Association. Retrieved 10 November 2023.
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