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- ↑ "Important game for New Zealand". The Canberra Times . 24 May 1975. p. 37. Retrieved 12 October 2018.
- ↑ "Eden kicks the Saints out of business". The Canberra Times . 25 July 1983. p. 13. Retrieved 12 October 2018.