| PIGSKIN | Old term for rugby ball (7) |
| SCRUMS | Word, from "affrays, battles, brawls", for opposing rugger teams' struggles or fights for rugby balls (6) |
| CENTRES | Term for rugby union backs who are numbered 12 and 13 in the team (7) |
| WINGFORWARDS | Former term for rugby players in the No 6 and 7 positions (4,8) |
| OFFLOAD | Pass rugby ball set down (7) |
| KNOCKON | Drop rugby ball hit over (5-2) |
| TACKLER | Gear right for rugby player (7) |
| OUTLINE | Describe a switch in positions for rugby throw (7) |
| FIFTEEN | Fellows welcome one youth for rugby team (7) |
| RITCHIE | Companion, one enthralled by ceremony for rugby captain (7) |
| SCRUMMY | Very nice get-together for rugby players, I say (7) |
| PITPROP | Feel sorry for the most part for rugby player - a supporter of mine (3,4) |
| LAMONTS | Left before noon on banks of Thames for rugby brothers (7) |
| OCONNOR | Shock Wallabies playmaker selection for Rugby Championship opener v Springboks (7) |
| LINEOUT | Exchange parts of plan for rugby restart (4-3) |
| FLYHALF | Annoying 19, small beer for rugby player |
| TRY | An attempt, effort or experiment; or, since the 1840s, a word for the touchdown of a rugby ball or for the points subsequently scored (3) |
| TEE | Support for a golf or rugby ball |
| RUCK | Word for a heap, pile or stack of fuel or hay; a multitude or throng; an undistinguished crowd; or, a loose scrum of players around a rugby ball (4) |
| OBLONG | Like a rugby ball |
