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- ↑ 最終登録メンバー発表 [Last registered members announced] (Press release) (in Japanese). Sunwolves. 22 February 2016. Archived from the original on 29 December 2016. Retrieved 29 December 2016.
- ↑ "John Stewart itsrugby Profile". itsrugby. Retrieved 24 January 2021.
- ↑ "Stewart Leads Drua". Fiji Sun. 29 August 2017. Archived from the original on 29 August 2017. Retrieved 29 August 2017.
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