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- ↑ "Mauritz van den Berg". ESPN scrum. Retrieved 29 July 2021.
- ↑ Heath, Duane; Grieb, Eddie; Smit, Kobus (2020). South African Rugby Annual 2020. Cape Town: South African Rugby Union. p. 246. ISBN 9780620872041.