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- ↑ Farmer, Stuart; Hands, David. Tigers - Official history of Leicester Football Club. The Rugby DevelopmentFoundation. p. 371. ISBN 978-0-9930213-0-5.
- ↑ "Jamie Hamilton to start new life in NZ". Leicester Tigers. Retrieved 15 August 2016.