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- ↑ "SA Rugby Player Profile – Saturday Knight". South African Rugby Union. Retrieved 4 June 2016.
- ↑ "Saturday Knight". ESPN Scrum.
- ↑ "Wanderers v The Rest". CricketArchive.
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