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- ↑ West End Redbacks Squad. "SACA". Retrieved June 6, 2017
- ↑ Adelaide Strikers Squad. "Adelaide Strikers". Retrieved June 6, 2017.
- ↑ Sydney Sixers Squad. "Sydney Sixers". Retrieved June 6, 2017.
