| LOCHORE | Brian, New Zealand rugby union player who coached the side to victory in the 1987 World Cup (7) |
| ROWAN | Norrie - - - , Scotland's tighthead v Romania at the 1987 World Cup (5) |
| HOWLETT | Doug ?, New Zealand rugby union wing from 2000-07; their record Test try scorer (7) |
| MELROSE | Canadian who coached the Kings to the 1993 Stanley Cup Final |
| SOPOAGA | Lima -, Wasps and 2015-17 New Zealand rugby union fly-half (7) |
| DESIRED | Wished for the side to turn socialist (7) |
| TRAINER | He works on the side to get better results (7) |
| VELETTA | 1987 World Cup-winning Australian batsman, Mike ... (7) |
| BAYLISS | Trevor, Australian who coached the England Test cricket side 2015-2019 (7) |
| ANDYHADEN | New Zealand rugby union player who won the last of his 41 caps against Argentina in 1985 (4,5) |
| MEADS | Colin, New Zealand rugby union player who earned the first of his 55 caps in 1957 (5) |
| JONAH | Former New Zealand rugby union player who became the youngest-ever All Black in 1994 (5,4) |
| LOMU | Former New Zealand rugby union player who became the youngest-ever All Black in 1994 (5,4) |
| LASORDA | Tommy who coached the Dodgers |
| BRIANLOCHORE | Former All Blacks captain who coached the 1987 Rugby World Cup-winning New Zealand side (5,7) |
| BRIAN | Former All Blacks captain who coached the 1987 Rugby World Cup-winning New Zealand side (5,7) |
| ROBSON | Bobby, England football manager who took the side to the semi-finals of the 1990 FIFA World Cup (6) |
| CARTER | Dan, New Zealand rugby union fly-half who is the highest points scorer in international rugby (6) |
| COLINMEADS | Late New Zealand rugby union player nicknamed Pine Tree (5,5) |
| GOING | Sid, New Zealand rugby union scrum-half who debuted for the All Blacks in 1967 (5) |
