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- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 "Former SRU president Rae Tod dies aged 81". HeraldScotland.
- ↑ "Scottish Rugby record" (PDF). s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com. Retrieved 31 May 2020.
- ↑ "Register" . Retrieved 11 August 2023– via British Newspaper Archive.
- ↑ "Register" . Retrieved 11 August 2023– via British Newspaper Archive.
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