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- ↑ "Le rugby n'est pas devenu un sport national grâce à la télévision !". Le Temps des Médias (in French). February 2007.
- ↑ "Romain Lacoste, l'ouverture sur le monde". Sud Ouest (in French). 10 December 2011.
- ↑ Laborde, Gérard (2015). Les coqs landais (in French). France Libris. ISBN 978-2-9510061-4-0.
- ↑ "Avis de décès de Monsieur Jacques MAZOIN". Simplifia (in French). 11 July 2020.
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