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- ↑ "Official Media Guide of Australia at the FIFA Women's World Cup Germany 2011" (PDF). Football Federation Australia. 8 July 2011. p. 53. Retrieved 11 January 2014.
- ↑ FIFA Player Statistics: Sunni Hughes
- ↑ AOC Profile: Sunni Hughes
- ↑ "Jim Fraser and Sunni Hughes inducted to FFA Hall of Fame". Football Federation Australia. 17 December 2013. Archived from the original on 12 January 2014. Retrieved 11 January 2014.
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