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- ↑ Macksville District Rugby League Club reunion group2.leaguenet.com.au
- ↑ Mustangs dazed after Axe attack [ permanent dead link ]The Macleay Argus, 28 August 2007
- ↑ Finals action begins Archived 22 July 2012 at archive.today Coffs Coast Independent, 25 August 2011
- ↑ Webster, Andrew (12 July 2013). "There's no hard feelings for GI in his real home". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 26 October 2020.
- ↑ "Woolgoolga Seahorses swimming in Group 2 next year". Daily Telegraph. 26 November 2015. Retrieved 26 October 2020.
- ↑ Group 2 'team of decade' The Coffs Coast Advocate, 9 October 2009