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- ↑ Canberra Times , "Untouchables feel the sting of a loss", 5 July 1992, p. 11
- ↑ Canberra Times , "Bloods get the better of Redlegs", 14 August 1994, p. 14
- ↑ The Advertiser , "Pyman sacked", 7 August 2007, Warren Partland.