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- ↑ "HSBC Waratahs Representatives". Archived from the original on 26 April 2013. Retrieved 17 January 2014.
- ↑ ASRU CAPTAINS & VICE CAPTAINS 1973 - 2012 Archived 25 February 2014 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ Australian Schoolboys to play Samoa at Ballymore
- ↑ Mick Mathers
- ↑ UNIÓN ARGENTINA DE RUGBY MEMORIA Temporada año 1979 Archived 1 November 2012 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ Wallabies' forgotten men reappears
- ↑ Tim Gavin elected President of NSW Rugby Union