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- ↑ "Quentin Walcker". ESPN Rugby. Retrieved 31 October 2021.
- ↑ "USAP : direction Castres pour Quentin Walcker". France Bleu.fr (in French). 1 February 2021.
- ↑ "France ring the changes for Australia clash". Planet Rugby. 14 July 2021. Retrieved 31 October 2021.
