| IRO | '90s NZ rugby league brothers, Tony and Kevin ... (3) |
| DES | NZ rugby league Hall of Famer, - White (3) |
| KIWIS | Name NZ rugby league representatives (coll) (5) |
| GEYER | Rugby league brothers won premierships with Penrith and Melbourne respectively (5) |
| WALTERS | Queensland family produced three Test-playing rugby league brothers (7) |
| ALL | NZ Rugby Union team, ... Blacks |
| PELETUA | 1990s Panthers and Samoa brothers, Tony and Frank (7) |
| VIDMAR | '90s Socceroo brothers, Tony and Aurelio ... (6) |
| BOTICA | '80s and '90s NZ union and league fullback, Frano ... (6) |
| PARORE | '90s NZ Test keeper, Adam ... (6) |
| NASH | '90s NZ Test medium-pacer, Dion ... (4) |
| ALOU | Any of three major-league brothers |
| KIWI | Fruit, bird and NZ rugby player (4) |
| ROBPENNEY | NZ rugby coach gets to mug a copper reportedly (3,6) |
| ALLBLACKS | NZ rugby team (3,6) |
| NEPIA | NZ rugby union league player, one of the most famous Maori players, born Wairoa 1905 (5) |
| RUBYTUI | Tip off Plunket's Mr King, the bird is a member of a NZ rugby team (4,3) |
| TALLBOY | Doll, for example, covering NZ rugby player's chest (7) |
| EDEN | NZ rugby venue, -- Park (4) |
| BLUESKIN | Bay for NZ rugby team's family (8) |
