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- ↑ Welsh Rugby Union player profiles [ permanent dead link ]
- ↑ "Personal profile at Pontypridd RFC.net". Archived from the original on 7 November 2007. Retrieved 8 January 2008.
- ↑ Wales win at last. BBC Sport.
