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- ↑ "Wallace McMaster (Ballymena)". The Scotsman . 24 February 1973.
- ↑ "Ulster's Greatest XV: Left wing". Belfast Telegraph . 27 September 2004.
- ↑ "Honouring a team of heroes denied its place in history". Irish Independent . 1 November 2014.
- ↑ "3. Wallace McMaster". Ballymena Observer. 15 September 1977.