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- ↑ "Rugby Union Players and Officials: Ray Ofisa Treviranus". ESPN Scrum . Retrieved 9 May 2018.
- ↑ "Samoan brothers Ofisa Treviranus and Alapati Leiua relishing Ireland clash". Irish Independent . 7 November 2013. Retrieved 9 May 2018.