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- ↑ Rekord für Snakko (in German) DRV website, accessed: 7 April 2012
- ↑ 100 Jahre Endspiel der deutschen Rugby-Meisterschaft: Stuttgart - Hannover (in German) totalrugby.de, published: 9 August 2009, accessed: 22 March 2010
- ↑ Deutsches Rugby: Ein Gespräch mit Horst Kemmling (in German) totalrugby.de, accessed: 22 March 2010
- ↑ Der DRV in Europa und der Welt Archived 2007-10-25 at the Wayback Machine (in German)DRV website, accessed: 22 March 2010
- ↑ Vereinsinformationen TSV Victoria Linden (in German) totalrugby.de, accessed: 22 March 2010
