| GALTHIE | Fabien ___, French national rugby union coach, born in 1969 (7) |
| DEI | "Fabien ___ Franchi" (Oscar Wilde poem) |
| BLEUS | Les ... - French national rugby team |
| GATLAND | Warren, New Zealander reappointed Wales's national rugby union coach in 2022 (7) |
| ERASMUS | Rassie, South African ex-rugby union player and national team coach born in 1972 (7) |
| LAPORTE | Bernard ___, former rugby union coach elected president of the French Rugby Federation in 2016 |
| BACKLEY | Steve ___, English javelin thrower born in 1969 (7) |
| NEWPORT | Welsh city where actor Michael Sheen was born in 1969 (7) |
| WOODWARD | Clive ___, England national rugby union coach from 1997-2004 (8) |
| JAKEWHITE | 2004-07 South Africa national rugby union coach |
| JAKE | 2004-07 South Africa national rugby union coach (4,5) |
| WHITE | 2004-07 South Africa national rugby union coach (4,5) |
| ICECUBE | Professional name of rapper and actor O'Shea Jackson Sr., born in 1969 (3,4) |
| BARTHEZ | Fabien ........ former Manchester United and World Cup-winning France goalkeeper (7) |
| IRELAND | National rugby union team whose home ground is the Aviva Stadium in Dublin (7) |
| ANTOINE | The captain of France's national rugby union team, _ Dupont (7) |
| WARREN | New Zealand-born Wales and British and Irish Lions rugby union coach (6,7) |
| JOEWICKS | British fitness coach born in 1986 noted for his high intensity workouts (3,5) |
| ADLER | Stella ***** , US actress and acting coach born in 1901 (5) |
| BRAD | ___ Gilbert, former tennis player and coach, born in 1961 (4) |