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- ↑ "Vodacom Bulls 2020 Squad". Bulls. Retrieved 6 October 2020.
- ↑ "Rampant Bulls trample Cheetahs". SA Rugby Magazine. 5 December 2020. Retrieved 5 December 2020.
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