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- ↑ Farmer, Stuart; Hands, David. Tigers - Official history of Leicester Football Club. The Rugby DevelopmentFoundation. p. 157. ISBN 978-0-9930213-0-5.
- ↑ "Wales (6) 6 - 3 (0) England (FT)". ESPNscrum. Retrieved 30 April 2017.
- ↑ Farmer, Stuart; Hands, David. Tigers - Official history of Leicester Football Club. The Rugby DevelopmentFoundation. p. 368. ISBN 978-0-9930213-0-5.