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- ↑ "Team Lists - Aussie Rules International - Promoting Australian Football Around the World". Archived from the original on 28 July 2008. Retrieved 29 February 2012.
- ↑ "Aussie Rules success - the westmeath connection - HoganStand". www.hoganstand.com.
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