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- ↑ "Wolfman bags three on début – Other League – Fox Sports". Australia: Fox Sports. 14 April 2010. Retrieved 14 April 2010.
- ↑ PNG will shock big guns, says Costigan Archived 2011-07-14 at the Wayback Machine @ NRL Official site, 13 October 2008
- ↑ Kumuls get Pidgin lesson Archived 2011-07-14 at the Wayback Machine @ NRL Official site, 21 October 2008