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- ↑ Photo of the Tonga 1991 squad on The Tonga Chronicle
- ↑ "Liueli Fusimalohi". ESPN scrum.
- ↑ Liueli Fusimalohi profile at ESPN Scrum
- ↑ "Team Tonga - Teivovo.com". fijirugbyunion.com. Retrieved 2021-04-29.
- ↑ "Tonga Under-20s start well at Oceania rugby meet". Nuku'alofa Times. 29 November 2015.
