| LAIDLAW | Greig, Scottish rugby union captain (7) |
| RITCHIE | Scottish rugby player upset Irish companion in match (7) |
| CARLING | Will, England's rugby union captain 1988-1996 (7) |
| ROBSHAW | Chris ___, Harlequins and England rugby union captain born in 1986 (7) |
| GALTHIE | Fabien ?, France rugby union captain; 2002 IRB Player of the Year Award winner (7) |
| HARTLEY | Dylan, who was made England rugby union captain in 2016 (7) |
| BENNETT | Phil, former Wales and British Lions rugby union captain awarded an O.B.E. in 1978 (7) |
| TINDALL | Ex-england rugby union captain who married Zara Phillips in 2011 (4,7) |
| JOHNSON | Martin . . . , England rugby union captain for the 2003 World Cup (7) |
| ANDYIRVINE | Scottish rugby union player, first to score more than 300 points in international rugby (4,6) |
| FINN | Scottish rugby union player who plays fly-half for Bath Rugby, _ Russell (4) |
| MURRAYFIELD | Scottish rugby union stadium (11) |
| GAVINHASTINGS | Scottish rugby union great (5,8) |
| CRICKET | Game played by heartless Greig? (7) |
| HASTINGS | Gavin, Scottish rugby union player who scored 105 points in four matches in the 1995 World Cup (8) |
| KENNYLOGAN | Scottish rugby union player who married TV presenter Gabby Yorath in 2001 |
| HOGG | Stuart, Scottish rugby union full back who formerly captained his country (4) |
| HAWICK | ...... RFC, amateur Scottish rugby union club whose home is Mansfield Park (6) |
| WEIR | Scottish rugby union player who set up a foundation to raise money for research into motor neurone disease (6,4) |
| DODDIE | Across Scottish rugby union player who set up a foundation to raise money for research into motor neurone disease (6,4) |
