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- ↑ "Bishop Viard rugby reunion recalls glory days". Stuff.co.nz . 9 July 2015.
- ↑ "Joe Filemu". www.hurricanes.co.nz.
- ↑ "Rugby: Japanese rob Samoa of halfback". NZ Herald .
