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- ↑ "Burger leads Namibian 30". Planet Rugby. 18 August 2011. Archived from the original on 10 October 2011. Retrieved 9 September 2019.
- ↑ "Namibia v Samoa". ESPN scrum. Retrieved 2019-09-09.
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