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- ↑ "Cream of the old boys to reunite". Stuff.co.nz . 28 July 2012.
- ↑ "Halftime talk nets big finish between Taranaki and BOP". NZ Herald . 15 September 2002.
- ↑ Hepburn, Steve (17 March 2012). "Rugby: The Highlanders, so far". Otago Daily Times .