| 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) |
| LOCHORE | Former All Blacks captain who coached the 1987 Rugby World Cup-winning New Zealand side (5,7) |
| BOWRING | Kevin - - - , former London Welsh captain who coached Wales at the start of the professional era (7) |
| BOSSY | Mike of the Stanley Cup-winning New York Islanders |
| FREDALLEN | Former All Blacks captain and coach who was nicknamed 'The Needle' (4,5) |
| MCCAW | Richie ?, All Blacks captain who was 2006, 2009 and 2010 IRB International Player of the Year (5) |
| RUSSELLBAKER | Pulitzer-winning New York Times columnist |
| BARRETT | Scott _, New Zealand rugby player who is the new All Blacks captain (7) |
| WHINERAY | Long-time All Blacks captain who played 77 matches from 1957-1965 (8) |
| UMAGA | Former All Blacks captain coached Auckland-based Blues 2016-18 (5) |
| TAINE | Former All Blacks captain, -Randell (5) |
| SEAN | .... Fitzpatrick, former All Blacks captain (4) |
| KIERAN | ... Read, former All Blacks captain (6) |
| DAWSON | Matt ---, former England rugby union player; a member of the 2003 Rugby World Cup-winning side (6) |
| TINDALL | Husband of Zara Phillips who formed part of the 2003 Rugby World Cup-winning squad with Mike Catt, P |
| DAGG | Israel ..... , former All Black who scored two tries against Tonga in the 2011 Rugby World Cup (4) |
| THORNE | All Blacks captain 2003 World Cup campaign (6) |
| RANDELL | 1999 World Cup All Blacks captain, Taine ... (7) |
| RUSSELL | _ Crowe, Oscar-winning New Zealand-born actor (7) |