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- ↑ "Dark Blues armed with American firepower". The Rugby Paper. March 27, 2022.
- ↑ "Credit due as US recovery falls short". Sunday Telegraph . October 10, 1999.
- ↑ "Oxford bank on Aussie power". Oxford Mail . December 1, 1998.