| STATEOF | Annual Rugby League series (5,2,6) |
| ORIGIN | Annual Rugby League series (5,2,6) |
| STATEOFORIGIN | Rugby league series first played in 1980 (5,2,6) |
| THORN | The only person to play in the winning team of an NRL grand final, a State of Origin rugby league series and a Rugby World Cup final (5) |
| TRIPLECROWN | Annual rugby honour (6,5) |
| CALCUTTACUP | Annual rugby union match between England and Scotland (8,3) |
| NATIONS | Six - Championship; annual rugby tournament between England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales, Italy and France (7) |
| SIX | ___ Nations, annual rugby event whose teams are represented in 17, 21 36, 43, 57 and 64 Across * (3) |
| ETTINGSHAUSEN | Aussie Rugby League great and TV presenter affectionately known as ET |
| WARRIORS | Wigan ___ , rugby league Super League team (8) |
| OCTOBER | Month in which the rugby league Super League Grand Final between St Helens and Wigan Warriors took place at Old Trafford (7) |
| TRINITYTALES | Chaucer and Rugby League met in this 1975 TV series |
| BOTICA | Frano ?, former New Zealand and Croatia rugby union player at rugby league club Wigan from 1990-95 (6) |
| ISRAEL | - Folau, Wallabies rugby union star who also represented Australia in rugby league and played AFL with Greater Western Sydney in the 2012 season (6) |
| STHELENS | Rugby league team, the 2019 Super League champions (2,6) |
| REA | Former rugby league identity had stint as Brumbies rugby coach 2011, Tony -- (3) |
| WHORL | Who is close to rugby league in Ring? (5) |
| TITAN | Gold Coast Rugby League footballer (5) |
| MAROON | Colour of Queensland Rugby League jerseys (6) |
| TRY | Rugby league score |
