Is it possible to reference facts in production rules?

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Say I have a database that looks something like this:

regular_player('Xi').
regular_player('Doyle').

expert_player('Houdini').
expert_player('Gandhi').

% don't allow expert players to be paired together
start       --> good_pair.
good_pair   --> (player, expert) ;  (expert, player) ; (player, player).
player      --> ['Xi'] ; ['Doyle'].
expert      --> ['Houdini'] ; ['Gandhi'].

Is it possible to reference facts from production rules to eliminate the duplication I have here.

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