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- ↑ "Rugby star dies in Rhodesia". The Guardian . 10 May 1979.
- ↑ "Camborne RFC: Bob Kennedy Cup returns this weekend". Falmouth Packet . 10 March 2020.
- ↑ "Ambush Victim Dies Of Wounds". The Daily Telegraph . 10 May 1979.