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- ↑ @Fijian_Drua (21 November 2021). "Bula! Vinaka (thank you) @SuperRugbyNZ! We love it here" (Tweet). Retrieved 22 November 2021– via Twitter.
- ↑ "Australian and Fijian Drua squads revealed for 2022 Super Rugby Pacific". Rugby Pass. 22 November 2021. Retrieved 22 November 2021.
- ↑ "Seruvakula names his first traveling squad for NRC opener". Fiji Rugby. Archived from the original on 27 August 2019. Retrieved 27 August 2019.
- ↑ "Nadolo hat-trick leads Flying Fijians past Georgia". Autumn Nations Series. 5 December 2020. Retrieved 22 November 2021.
