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- ↑ Deutsche Aufstellung für Spiel gegen Wales Amateure [ permanent dead link ](in German) Rugby-Journal , published: 8 November 2008, accessed: 26 March 2010
- ↑ Udo Schwarz profile at totalrugby.de (in German) accessed: 26 March 2010