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- ↑ "Gonzalo Tiesi volvió a jugar en el SIC" [Gonzalo Tiesi got back to SIC]. La Voz del Interior (in Spanish). Córdoba. 22 July 2012. Retrieved 22 March 2013.
- ↑ "London Welsh: Gonzalo Tiesi joins the Exiles". BBC. 28 January 2013. Retrieved 22 March 2013.
- ↑ "Newcastle Falcons sign Argentina centre Gonzalo Tiesi". BBC Sport. 6 November 2013.