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- ↑ "Francois Poeydebasque - Rugby Union - Players and Officials - ESPN Scrum". ESPN scrum.
- ↑ McCrery, Nigel (2014). Into Touch: Rugby Internationals Killed in the Great War. Pen & Sword Books. p. 106. ISBN 9781781590874.
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