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- ↑ "Mat Ryan - Career Stats & Summary - Rugby League Project". www.rugbyleagueproject.org. Retrieved 30 August 2019.
- ↑ Alan Whiticker/Glen Hudson: Encyclopedia of Rugby League Players, 1995. ISBN 1875169571
- ↑ Daily Advertiser (Wagga Wagga) "Junee boys made good" 26-6-1936 https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/144670473?searchTerm=%22mat%20ryan%22&searchLimits=l-decade=193%7C%7C%7Cl-year=1936
- ↑ Sydney Morning Herald - Death Notice 1/11/1994
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