| LUAMANU | Mat ?, New Zealand-born rugby union Number 8 signed by Harlequins in 2015 (7) |
| DILLON | Welsh rugby player recently signed by Harlequins, _ Lewis (6) |
| WALDROM | Thomas ?, New Zealand-born former Exeter Chiefs, Leicester Tigers and England rugby union Number 8 |
| HAMMOND | Joan ?, New Zealand-born soprano, violinist and golfer who died in 1996 |
| SOLOMONA | Denny ?, New Zealand-born rugby league player signed by Castleford Tigers from London Broncos in 2015 (8) |
| NONSLIP | Like safe mat, new, square, with no edge round it (7) |
| ISAACBOSS | New Zealand-born rugby union scrum-half; 2006-15 Ireland Test player |
| ALLDRITT | Gregory ___, rugby union number eight who made his debut for France in 2019 (8) |
| LIAISON | Union numbers at intervals rapidly rising across Italy (7) |
| OWEN | Michael ___, rugby union Number 8; 2002 Wales Test debutant against South Africa (4) |
| ASHE | Former Scotland rugby union number 8 at Glasgow Warriors from 2011-20 (4) |
| ADAM | Former Scotland rugby union number 8 at Glasgow Warriors from 2011-20 (4) |
| CAELAN | ___ Doris, rugby union number eight who became captain of Ireland in 2024 (6) |
| PETERS | Rugby union number eight whose 1995 Scotland debut was against Canada (4,6) |
| ERIC | Rugby union number eight whose 1995 Scotland debut was against Canada (4,6) |
| IRO | Kevin ___, retired New Zealand-born rugby league centre nicknamed 'The Beast' (3) |
| SAU | Junior ?, New Zealand-born Salford Red Devils rugby league centre (3) |
| AHVAN | Patrick ?, New Zealand-born Widnes Vikings rugby league player previously with Bradford Bulls (2,3) |
| RUTHERFORD | Ernest ?, New Zealand-born winner of the 1908 Nobel Prize in Chemistry |
| INU | Krisnan ?, New Zealand-born dual code rugby player whose clubs have included Catalans Dragons and Stade Francais (3) |
