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- ↑ Susie O'Brien (12 June 2012). "Three cheers for the umpires". Herald Sun. Melbourne, VIC. Retrieved 15 April 2014.
- ↑ Ken Piesse (22 September 1975). "Roosters unruffled". The Age. Melbourne, VIC. p. 27.
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