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- ↑ "Scottish Rugby Record 2018/19" (PDF). Scottish Rugby . Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 November 2019. Retrieved 9 April 2020.
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- ↑ Smith, Ian (10 October 2019). A Full Back Slower Than Your Average Prop. ISBN 9781788851824.
- ↑ Ferguson, David; Telfer, Jim (14 September 2012). Jim Telfer: Looking Back . . . For Once. ISBN 9781780577104.
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