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- ↑ "Carmaux : en mai 1951, Louis Aué entre dans la légende du rugby français". La Dépêche (in French). 22 May 2021.
- ↑ "Le fabuleux triplé de Jean-Marc Aué". La Dépêche (in French). 14 July 2022.
- ↑ "Jean-Marc Aué prêt à suer". La Dépêche (in French). 26 February 2000.