| STANDOFF | Deadlock for rugby player (5-3) |
| CHECKMATE | Deadlock for test team playing (9) |
| IMPASSE | Deadlock for some of the Blenheim passengers (7) |
| PROPERTY | Kit for rugby player burst tyre (8) |
| VANDERMERWE | Leading group of French marines were shifted for rugby player (3,3,5) |
| PITPROP | Feel sorry for the most part for rugby player - a supporter of mine (3,4) |
| FLYHALF | Hurry with small beer for rugby player (3,4) |
| SCRUMHALF | Almost get rid of mass drink for rugby player (5,4) |
| TACKLER | Gear right for rugby player (7) |
| WING | Chicken piece for rugby player |
| LOCK | Hair fastener for rugby player (4) |
| SCRUM | For rugby players, an instance of "bottoms up"? (5) |
| WORLDCUP | Event for soccer in 2002 and for rugby and cricket in 2003 (5,3) |
| FRONTROW | Collective name for rugby union players numbered 1, 2 and 3 (5,3) |
| BLOCKAND | Lifting gear for rugby footballer's task (5,3,6) |
| CENTRECIRCLE | Where it all kicks off for rugby player and the crowd (6,6) |
| LOCKERROOM | Somewhere to change for rugby player, or more peculiar (6,4) |
| 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) |
