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- ↑ "Late change to league team". The Canberra Times . 4 August 1970. p. 20 – via National Library of Australia.
- ↑ "The New Men". The Sydney Morning Herald . 19 May 1969.
- ↑ "Lye off as Cronulla win 23-13". The Sydney Morning Herald . 8 March 1971.