| FLYHALF | Annoying 19, small beer for rugby player |
| SCRUMHALF | Councillor in total gets small drink for rugby player (5,4) |
| PITPROP | Feel sorry for the most part for rugby player - a supporter of mine (3,4) |
| TACKLER | Gear right for rugby player (7) |
| STANDOFF | Deadlock for rugby player (5-3) |
| WING | Chicken piece for rugby player |
| PROPERTY | Kit for rugby player burst tyre (8) |
| LOCKERROOM | Somewhere to change for rugby player, or more peculiar (6,4) |
| LOCK | Hair fastener for rugby player (4) |
| CENTRECIRCLE | Where it all kicks off for rugby player and the crowd (6,6) |
| VANDERMERWE | Leading group of French marines were shifted for rugby player (3,3,5) |
| BACKHANDED | Damning kind of praise for rugby player, farm worker and journalist (10) |
| GARDENCENTRES | Awful danger for rugby players producing their interpretations of Flower of Scotland, for instance (6,7) |
| SLINGBACKS | Footwear for rugby players on pitch (10) |
| NOSIDE | For rugby players the end is up, having packed swelling |
| RUCK | A wrinkle for rugby players gathering round the ball (4) |
| SCRUM | For rugby players, an instance of "bottoms up"? (5) |
| PACK | Wear for Rugby players (4) |
| SCRUMMY | Very nice get-together for rugby players, I say (7) |
| ROWING | Olympic sport and a great full-body cardio exercise for rugby players (6) |
