| ITOJE | Maro ---, England men's rugby union captain (5) |
| WILLCARLING | Captain of the England men's rugby union team for a record 59 matches |
| EDDIEJONES | Australian who coached the England men's rugby union team from 2015 to 2022 |
| CYMRU | Leaders of Caerphilly young men's rugby union in Wales (5) |
| OBANO | Beno -, Bath Rugby and England prop; cousin of England lock Maro Itoje (5) |
| UNION | Rugby ....., sport of Maro Itoje (5) |
| STEVE | The head coach of the England men's national rugby union team, _ Borthwick (5) |
| EVANS | Eric ?, England 1957 Grand Slam-winning rugby union captain (5) |
| NEARY | Tony, former England rugby union captain (5) |
| MOODY | Lewis ..., former Leicester Tigers flanker and England rugby union captain (5) |
| KENYA | Maro Itoje would like this country to stage a World Cup, as he told RW (5) |
| TONGA | 2021 men's Rugby League World Cup quarter-finalists against Samoa (5) |
| CORRY | Martin ___, former England rugby union captain whose 1997 Test debut was against Argentina (5) |
| BUDGE | And 13dn. England Rugby Union captain whose Test career spanned 1961 -69 (5,6) |
| GILES | 1998-2006 England men's Test cricketer who took 5-57 against West Indies in Birmingham in 2004 (5) |
| UMAGA | Tana ___, All Blacks rugby union captain from 2004-05 (5) |
| RIVES | Jean-Pierre ___, former France rugby union captain nicknamed Golden Helmet (5) |
| NICOL | Andy -, former Scotland rugby union captain (5) |
| GREIG | ---- Laidlaw, former Scotland rugby union captain (5) |
| DAWES | John ?, former Wales, British and Irish Lions and Barbarians rugby union captain born in 1940 (5) |
