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- ↑ "Ron Potter – Career Stats & Summary – Rugby League Project". Rugby League Project. Retrieved 2 May 2019.
- ↑ "Stats: Things you didn't know about NRL grand finals over 104 years of rugby league history". Australia: Fox Sports.
- ↑ "Dragons Win 1956 Premiership!". dragons.com.au.
- ↑ "The Joy of Six: NRL grand final controversies". The Guardian.
- ↑ Alan Whiticker/Glen Hudson: The Encyclopedia of Rugby League Players. (1995 edition) ISBN 1875169571
- ↑ "Men's Honour Roll". Sydney Roosters.
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