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- ↑ "2023 Squad announced" (Press release). Blues. 26 October 2022. Retrieved 26 October 2022.
- ↑ "Semco Northland Taniwha 2022 Squad". facebook.com. Retrieved 26 July 2022.
- ↑ "'Rather 100 tackles than 10 tries': Rob Rush credits famous father for big work ethic". Stuff.co.nz. 28 August 2022. Retrieved 29 October 2022.
- ↑ "Super Rugby Pacific: How Rob Rush's All Black dad Eric Rush turned him into a Blues player". NZ Herald. 29 October 2022. Retrieved 29 October 2022.
