| MURRAYFIELD | Scottish rugby union stadium (11) |
| THEAVENUE | Rugby union stadium in Sunbury-on-Thames that was the home of London Irish from 1931 to 1999 (3,6) |
| ANDYIRVINE | Scottish rugby union player, first to score more than 300 points in international rugby (4,6) |
| FINN | Scottish rugby union player who plays fly-half for Bath Rugby, _ Russell (4) |
| LAIDLAW | Greig, Scottish rugby union captain (7) |
| GAVINHASTINGS | Scottish rugby union great (5,8) |
| RUSSELL | Finn ---, Scottish rugby union fly-half (7) |
| HASTINGS | Gavin, Scottish rugby union player who scored 105 points in four matches in the 1995 World Cup (8) |
| KENNYLOGAN | Scottish rugby union player who married TV presenter Gabby Yorath in 2001 |
| HOGG | Stuart, Scottish rugby union full back who formerly captained his country (4) |
| HAWICK | ...... RFC, amateur Scottish rugby union club whose home is Mansfield Park (6) |
| WEIR | Scottish rugby union player who set up a foundation to raise money for research into motor neurone disease (6,4) |
| DODDIE | Across Scottish rugby union player who set up a foundation to raise money for research into motor neurone disease (6,4) |
| BLACKANDBLUE | Badly bruised, as are NZ and Scottish rugby teams? |
| ARMSTRONG | Limb that's powerful for Scottish rugby great (9) |
| RITCHIE | Scottish rugby player upset Irish companion in match (7) |
| SCRUM | Clubs with spirit following first Scottish rugby formation (5) |
| JASON | Mr White, former Scottish rugby star (5) |
| PRINCESSANNE | Scottish Rugby patron (8,4) |
| LOGAN | Kenny -, Scottish rugby player (5) |