| LOOD | - - - de Jager, Bok lock who dislocated his shoulder in the RWC 2019 final (4) |
| MARMION | Kieran - - - , Ireland No 9 surprisingly omitted from the RWC 2019 squad (7) |
| CRESSWELL | Swan who dislocated his kneecap onfield in 1997, Daryn ... (9) |
| ICEBAG | Second time Charlie Lincoln upset George getting the cold shoulder in the hospital (3,3) |
| FLOODLIT | Made very bright move nimbly around Springbok's De Jager(8) |
| BAKU | Caspian capital for Europa 2019 final (4) |
| CHUTER | He replaced Mark Regan in the RWC 2007 final at Stade de France... (6) |
| CAMMIE | Scotland wing - - - Murray marked Jonah Lomu - and scored a try - in the RWC 1999 quarter-final (6) |
| BUSTED | Caught in the act with head and shoulders in the middle of Sweden (6) |
| ATLAS | He carried the weight of the world on his shoulders, in myth |
| TOTTENHAM | English team that Liverpool beat in the 2019 final! (9) |
| OLI | Crusaders' Irish-reared prop - Jager (3) |
| MCINTOSH | Richmond winger overlooked in the 2019 finals, Kamdyn ... (8) |
| SASH | Strip of cloth worn over the shoulder in places an highlighted (4) |
| FLIP | - - - van der Merwe, former Springbok lock who won a Cambridge Blue (4) |
| WEIR | Doddie, late rugby union lock who won 61 international caps for Scotland (4) |
| OZIL | Mesut - - - , German footballer who tweeted about going to RWC 2015 after playing touch rugby (4) |
| SALT | Stuff thrown over one's shoulder in an act of superstition |
| JUDE | He's told "don't carry the world upon your shoulders" in a 1968 song |
| TOGA | Garment draped over the shoulders in ancient Rome |
