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- 1 2 "Jean Trillo : le rugby en équation". La Dépêche (in French). 8 March 2012.
- ↑ "50 ans du titre de champion de Bègles : "Je lui ai piqué le ballon sous le nez !" se souvient Jean Trillo". France Bleu (in French). 13 May 2019.
- ↑ "Those who also manned the barricades during the 1968 Five Nations". The Rugby Paper. 21 January 2018.
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- ↑ "Décès de Philippe Trillo". Rugbyrama (in French). 31 March 2011.
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