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- "Geelong – Goalkicking Records". AFL Tables. Retrieved 10 January 2012.
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- ↑ Lovett, Michael (ed.). AFL Record – 2022 NAB AFLW Season 7 Season Guide. pp. 24–25. ISBN 978-0-6484651-8-8.