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- ↑ Hugh Godwin (16 May 2015). "Meet the Tuilagis - a brotherhood of Tigers". The Independent. Retrieved 23 August 2021.
- ↑ Robert kitson (17 December 2010). "A family affair as Tuilagi brothers prepare for head-on collision". The Guardian. Retrieved 23 August 2021.
- ↑ "Rugby: Samoa's Tuilagi leaves Tigers for Perpignan". New Zealand Herald. 13 August 2007. Retrieved 23 August 2021.
- ↑ "USAP : 18 ans, 1,92 m, 145 kg, Posolo, le fils Tuilagi débarque en Top 14". L'Indépendant. 16 September 2022. Retrieved 8 March 2023.
- ↑ Mata'afa Keni Lesa (6 July 2020). "Henry Tuilagi reveals battle with depression, encourages openness". Samoa Observer. Retrieved 23 August 2021.
