| REDROSES | Nickname for England's women's rugby union team (3,5) |
| BRUM | Nickname for England's second largest city (4) |
| LIONESSES | England's women's football team are the .... (9) |
| FERNS | Nickname of the 21/17 women's rugby union team (5,5) |
| BLACK | Nickname of the 21/17 women's rugby union team (5,5) |
| BLACKFERNS | National women's rugby union team (5,5) |
| KILDUNNE | Red Rose and Women's Rugby Player of 2024 (5,8) |
| INSTINCT | Impulse providing money for England's opener in cricket, say? |
| OXBRIDGE | Portmanteau word for England's two oldest universities (8) |
| HUNTER | Sarah _, the recently retired captain of the England women's rugby union team (6) |
| NON | 1996-2010 Wales women's rugby union player (3,5) |
| EVANS | 1996-2010 Wales women's rugby union player (3,5) |
| NOWELL | Jack, Exeter Chiefs winger who made his debut for England's rugby union team in 2014 (6) |
| AON | Which company sponsors the Ireland women's rugby team? (3) |
| SALLY | - - - Horrox, World Rugby's director of women's rugby (5) |
| BUNTING | Black Ferns women's rugby team coach (7) |
| JASONKELCE | Taylor Swift-adjacent, recently-retired NFL star who visited the U.S. Olympic Women's Rugby team in their locker room after their victory over Brazil on Sunday |
| WINDSOR | This wide knot for a necktie was named for England's King Edward VII |
| KIWIFRUIT | It's seedy if in women's rugby one stops tackle |
| ELLIE | Red Rose and Women's Rugby Player of 2024 (5,8) |
