| JOINED | Brian O'Driscoll - - - with Gavin Henson on the 2005 Lions tour (6) |
| ROOMED | Brian O'Driscoll - - - with Gavin Henson on the 2005 Lions tour (6) |
| CHURCH | Welsh singer once married to Gavin Henson, Charlotte _ (6) |
| ALISON | Famous boxer's working with Gavin & Stacey's Ms Steadman (6) |
| RUGBY | Sport played by Gavin Henson (5) |
| NUTKINS | Terry ____ lived and worked with Gavin Maxwell at Camusfearna and was later a co-presenter of Animal Magic with Johnny Morris |
| SARGENT | Newcastle forward figured Rothmans Medal tie with Gavin Miller 1989 (7) |
| BODICE | Brian O'Driscoll is frozen in tight-fitting garment |
| BENOITBABY | This former France centre marred his 2005 try-scoring debut with a headbutt on Brian O'Driscoll (6,4) |
| DUBLIN | Ireland's Jamie Heaslip had his commemorative watch from the 2013 Lions tour - - - later that year (6) |
| DAWSON | Ronnie ...... , Ireland hooker who was captain of the 1959 British Lions tour to Australia and New Zealand (6) |
| OBRIEN | Pen name of the Irish novelist and satirist Brian O'Nolan (5,6) (see 14D) |
| IRVINE | '70s Scotland fullback on 3 British Lions tours, Andy ... (6) |
| WALKER | Paul ___ Brick Mansions actor who plays Brian O'Conner in 2001 action film The Fast and the Furious |
| CLERKS | 1994 Kevin Smith film starring Brian O'Halloran and Jeff Anderson (6) |
| TEST | The ___: Brian O"Driscoll autobiography published in 2014. (4) |
| KIRSTY | D.S. Meg Driscoll in North Shore (6,8) |
| TOPMARKS | Ireland getting closer to achieving --- , says Brian O'Driscoll - 2022 IrishMirror headline (3,5) |
| LABYRINTH | Historical TV miniseries based on the 2005 Kate Mosse novel of the same name (9) |
| PIGGY | Porcine nickname of Saints legend David Powell, the only English forward on the 1966 Lions tour (5) |
