| RUGGER | Informal name for rugby (6) |
| FRONTROW | Collective name for rugby union players numbered 1, 2 and 3 (5,3) |
| SCHOOL | Train for Rugby, for example (6) |
| SCRUMS | Word, from "affrays, battles, brawls", for opposing rugger teams' struggles or fights for rugby balls (6) |
| ULSTER | Bad result for rugby team (6) |
| HORNES | Senhor Confuso translates for rugby brothers (6) |
| ELLAND | Leeds soccer ground also used for rugby league Tests, -- Road (6) |
| TACKLE | Lifting gear for rugby footballer's task (5,3,6) |
| BROWNS | Small brothers take in heartless woman for rugby brothers (6) |
| ROWING | Olympic sport and a great full-body cardio exercise for rugby players (6) |
| SEVENS | Singular odds for rugby competition |
| SINBIN | Place for rugby 'bad boys' (3,3) |
| NOSIDE | For rugby players the end is up, having packed swelling |
| PUBLICSCHOOL | The people train for rugby in England, for example (6,6) |
| CENTRECIRCLE | Where it all kicks off for rugby player and the crowd (6,6) |
| GARDENCENTRES | Awful danger for rugby players producing their interpretations of Flower of Scotland, for instance (6,7) |
| OLDSCHOOL | Mature and train for Rugby, for instance? That's traditional (3,6) |
| RUSKIN | 25 for rugby, 24 down we hear (6) |
| WORLDCUP | Event for soccer in 2002 and for rugby and cricket in 2003 (5,3) |
| BLOCKAND | Lifting gear for rugby footballer's task (5,3,6) |
