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- ↑ Wynne Gray (28 April 2014). "100 Greatest All Blacks: Graeme Bachop" . Retrieved 14 April 2015.
- ↑ sporting-heroes.net. "Graeme Bachop" . Retrieved 14 April 2015.
- ↑ ESPNscrum Staff (2 June 2011). "Split loyalties" . Retrieved 14 April 2015.
