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- ↑ "OFFICIAL DEBUT NUMBERS". Newcastle Knights.
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- ↑ Goffet, Neil (7 May 2009). "Reegan Tanner's focus on reviving Bulldogs". The Herald. Retrieved 28 June 2009.