| LAM | Pat .., Director of Rugby at Bristol Bears (3) |
| CHEIKA | Ex-Wallaby coach Michael - - - is now director of rugby at Japanese club NEC Green Rockets (6) |
| OXYMORON | Head of Ofcom coordinates satellite coverage of rugby at first, which seems contradictory |
| PAT | Bristol Bears Director of Rugby (3) |
| REGAN | Mark ___, 1995-2008 England hooker at Bath Rugby from 1997-2002 and Leeds Tykes from 2002-2005 between spells at Bristol Bears (5) |
| GENGE | Ellis ..... , 2016-22 Leicester Tigers prop between spells at Bristol Bears (5) |
| TUSIPISI | Samoa fly-half at Bristol Bears from 2016-19 (4,4) |
| VUI | Chris ..., Samoa and Bristol Bears lock (3) |
| ELLIS | 2016-22 Leicester Tigers prop between spells at Bristol Bears; 2016 England Test debutant (5) |
| CORNISH | London - - - , club founded in 1962 whose director of rugby, Redruth-born Dickon Moon, is in his 20th season at the helm (7) |
| EASTER | Nick ...... , 2007-15 England lock/ No. 8; Chinnor RFC First XV Director of Rugby (6) |
| SCOTTJOHNSON | Ex-Scotland coach and Australia's 2019-20 Director of Rugby (5,7) |
| EMIR | Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani, the - - - of Qatar, played rugby at Harrow (4) |
| HENSON | Gavin ?, Wales and Dragons fly-half at Bristol Rugby from 2015-17 |
| PARKWAY | Type of station at Bristol, Bodmin or Oxford, for example (7) |
| KNOWLE | Aware of the French at Bristol club (6) |
| YALE | Lock (rugby) at last has beer (4) |
| BOARDINGSCHOOL | Rugby at Hogwarts (8-6) |
| ASHTON | ____ Gate, home ground of Bristol City FC and the Bristol Bears rugby team (6) |
| ANDYUREN | Scrum-half who has been at Bristol since the age of 13 (4,4) |
