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- ↑ "Player Summary: Steven Holmes". Rugby League Records. Rugby League Record Keepers Club. Retrieved 25 September 2022.
- ↑ "Townsville Foley Shield Players". Archived from the original on 14 August 2017. Retrieved 23 August 2017.
- ↑ Cadigan, Neil (2015). 25 Years in the Saddle. Playright Publishing. p. 92. ISBN 9780994237316.
- ↑ "Threats, resignations, records, name change and ground sharing – The story of one crazy season at Hull FC". Hull Daily Mail. 30 December 2020. Retrieved 25 September 2022.