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- ↑ "Top 14 - Lagisquet : "Le projet m'a séduit"". Archived from the original on 2013-01-05. Retrieved 2011-07-14.
- ↑ Patrice Lagisquet vai ser o novo seleccionador nacional, Público, 14 June 2019 (Portuguese)
