| ERCEG | First Kiwi footballer to reach 100-game milestone, Abby - (5) |
| SMITH | First NRL player to reach 400 game milestone (5) |
| UNDERSCORE | Emphasise the failure of footballers to reach their potential (10) |
| ASHCROFT | First Brisbane AFL club player to pass 300-games milestone (8) |
| MCCAW | Richie ..... , first All Black to reach 100 caps (5) |
| RUBEN | First Kiwi to achieve 300- games NRL milestone, - Wiki (5) |
| DEANS | First Kiwi to coach Wallabies (5) |
| ULMER | First Kiwi cyclist to win Olympics gold medal (5) |
| ELSIE | First Kiwi women's bowler inducted into national Hall Of Fame, -- Wilkie (5) |
| PARUN | First Kiwi Australian Open singles finalist in modern era (5) |
| QUINN | TalkSPORT presenter who played over 100 games for both Portsmouth and Newcastle United (5,5) |
| MICKY | TalkSPORT presenter who played over 100 games for both Portsmouth and Newcastle United (5,5) |
| DIEGO | Famous footballer to end bash (5) |
| ABACK | Surprising way for a footballer to be taken (5) |
| ARSHDEEP | First Indian bowler to reach 100 wickets in T20 internationals.(first name) (8) |
| NINER | San Francisco footballer, to fans |
| TICAT | Hamilton footballer, to fans |
| AGAME | It's what we expect best footballers to bring to Dublin versus Cork (1-4) |
| THREE | (and 6 Across) Freighter use developed to reach 100 or more (5,7) |
| JUSTINBIEBER | US singer who in 2017 became only the second person to reach 100 million followers on Twitter after Katy Perry (6,6) |
