| LEINSTER | Irish rugby union side captained by Johnny Sexton (8) |
| TEN | Number worn by Johnny Sexton, eg in IRFU'S 2018 Six Nations campaign (3) |
| WEST | Test and ODI cricket side captained by Kraigg Brathwaite (4,6) |
| INDIES | Test and ODI cricket side captained by Kraigg Brathwaite (4,6) |
| LONDON | 2024 100-ball men's cricket side captained by Dan Lawrence (6) |
| SPIRIT | 2024 100-ball men's cricket side captained by Dan Lawrence (6) |
| SCOTLAND | Country whose national rugby union side has been coached by Gregor Townsend since 2017 (8) |
| SARACENS | English Rugby Union side who play at Allianz Park (8) |
| SLATTERY | Fergus, Irish rugby union flanker who played in all four Tests on the 1974 Lions tour of South Africa (8) |
| EXETER | . ...... Chiefs, rugby union side coached by Rob Baxter and captained by Jack Yeandle (6) |
| WARRIORS | Rugby league club captained by Roger Tuivasa-Sheck (8) |
| CONNACHT | Galway's Irish rugby province (8) |
| NAUTILUS | Submarine captained by Nemo in Jules Verne novels (8) |
| RORYBEST | Irish rugby captain (4,4) |
| PAKISTAN | First-class Test playing cricket country formerly captained by Imran Khan and Waqar Younis (8) |
| RAT | Nickname Irish rugby maestro Johnny Sexton, "the -" (3) |
| RORY | ____ Best, hooker who captained the Irish rugby union team from 2016 to 2019 (4) |
| MCBRIDE | Willie John, Irish rugby union international who captained the 1974 Lions tour of South Africa (7) |
| IRRUPTS | Breaks in Irish rugby union squad's first tackling exercise (7) |
| LIONS | British & Irish ....., rugby union touring team (5) |
