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- ↑ "Scottish Rugby gets into bed with Italy in bid to improve player development".
- ↑ "Stewart's Melville Rugby: Match Report: v GHK 3 September 2022". stewmelrugby.com.
- ↑ Rodgers, Megan (29 September 2022). "New governance structure agreed for rugby in Scotland". Scottish Rugby.
- ↑ https://uk.linkedin.com/in/colinrigby