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- ↑ "History - the History of the British & Irish Lions".
- ↑ COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP HONOURS BILL BEAUMONT, By Simon Mills, Community Rugby Media Manager
- ↑ Union legend Cotton returns to Sale Archived 27 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ Fordyce, Tom. "British and Irish Lions: The inside story of Living with Lions". BBC Sport. Retrieved 19 June 2017.
- ↑ Burma Campaign
