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- ↑ "Gabriel Berthomieu - Career Stats & Summary - Rugby League Project". www.rugbyleagueproject.org. Retrieved 2021-01-28.
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- ↑ "The TOUR Diary: France in Australia, 1955". Steve Ricketts. 2015-06-04. Retrieved 2021-01-28.