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- ↑ "New Zealand vs Great Britain 1970 Series - Game 2". Rugby League Project. 19 July 1970. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
- ↑ Coffey, John and Bernie Wood Auckland, 100 years of rugby league, 1909–2009, 2009. ISBN 978-1-86969-366-4.