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- ↑ "Worsley debut as Guscott dropped". BBC News . 12 October 1999.
- ↑ "Now Lomu's cousin is after our souls". Evening Standard . 13 October 1999.
- ↑ "Tongans ride a tidal wave of optimism". The Daily Telegraph . 5 May 1999.
- ↑ "Koloi to stay at Coventry". Coventry Telegraph . 24 July 2002.