| DWYER | Australia's first Rugby World Cup-winning coach (5) |
| AUCKLAND | Which city hosted the first Rugby World Cup final? (8) |
| KIRWAN | One of the stars of the New Zealand team which won the first Rugby World Cup in 1987 (6) |
| KITCH | - - - Christie, World Cup-winning coach in 1995 (5) |
| WHITE | Springboks' 2007 World Cup-winning coach (5) |
| WOODWARD | England's 2003 Rugby World Cup-winning coach, Clive .. (8) |
| GEOFFMARSH | Australia's 1987 Cricket World Cup-winning batsman and 1999 World Cup-winning coach (5,5) |
| CLIVE | 2003 Rugby World Cup-winning England coach, ... Woodward (5) |
| THORN | First rugby player to win World Cup, Super title and European Cup (5) |
| STEYN | Francois ___, South Africa 2007 Rugby World Cup-winning centre (5) |
| EALES | Wallabies' 1999 Rugby World Cup-winning captain (5) |
| COHEN | England's 2003 Rugby World Cup winning winger, Ben ... (5) |
| BRIAN | Former All Blacks captain who coached the 1987 Rugby World Cup-winning New Zealand side (5,7) |
| SK | Kiwis' 2008 rugby league World Cup-winning coach, initials (2) |
| HANSEN | This World Cup-winning coach recently criticised the NZ Rugby board (6) |
| SHAG | World Cup-winning coach Steve Hansen's nickname (4) |
| KIRSTEN | India's 2011 Cricket World Cup-winning coach. Gary (7) |
| ADAIR | Australia's first female world rowing champion, -- Ferguson (5) |
| SCOTT | Australia's first winner of the US Masters; Adam ... (5) |
| EDWIN | Australia's first Olympic Games champion, -- Flack (5) |
