| GREGOR | Mr Townsend, rugby coach (6) |
| ASHTON | Lancashire town - dancer - Rugby coach (6) |
| RASSIE | Rugby coach raises excitement (6) |
| KIRWAN | Former rugby coach and mental health advocate (4,6) |
| ROWELL | Jack ......, retired Bath and England rugby coach (6) |
| SUBURB | British rugby coach turned up for Wimbledon, say (6) |
| TOOHEY | Ted ......, 1974-75 Wigan rugby coach (6) |
| AERIAL | --- Noughts and Crosses, kicking game from Rugby Coach Weekly (6) |
| COTTER | Leon MacDonald's successor as Blues Super Rugby coach (6) |
| STUS | Mr. Townsend, et al. |
| STU | Mr. Townsend, briefly |
| ADRIAN | Mr. Mole, schoolboy diarist in a 1982 book by Sue Townsend (6) |
| SECRET | The - Diary of Adrian Mole, Aged 13 3/4; novel by The Queen and I author Sue Townsend (6) |
| MARSHA | ____ Thomason, actress who plays DS Jenn Townsend in TV crime drama series The Bay (6) |
| JOHN | Former rugby coach and mental health advocate (4,6) |
| MATT | Mr Williams, rugby coach (4) |
| HENRY | Knighted former rugby coach (3,6,5) |
| SIRGRAHAM | Knighted former rugby coach (3,6,5) |
| FRANK | Mr Hadden, rugby coach (5) |
| REA | Former rugby league identity had stint as Brumbies rugby coach 2011, Tony -- (3) |
