| BLUEBULLS | South African rugby union team formerly called Northern Transvaal (4,5) |
| SPRINGBOK | Gazelle from which the South African rugby union team takes its nickname (9) |
| GYS | Northern Transvaal and 1967-1969 South Africa hooker (3,6) |
| PITZER | Northern Transvaal and 1967-1969 South Africa hooker (3,6) |
| REDSOX | Team formerly called the Pilgrims |
| PIENAAR | Francois _, captain of the 1995 World Cup-winning South African rugby union team (7) |
| SPRINGBOKS | Nickname of the S African Rugby Union team (10) |
| CURRIECUP | South African rugby competition (6,3) |
| DEKLERK | Faf ___, South African rugby union scrum-half who was a key member of their 2019 World Cup winning team (2,5) |
| MEYER | Heyneke ..... , South African rugby union coach (5) |
| FRIKDU | South African rugby union player capped 38 times, 1960-71 (4,2) |
| PREEZ | South African rugby union player capped 38 times, 1960-71 (5) |
| ERASMUS | Rassie ___, South African rugby union head coach appointed in 2024 (7) |
| JOHANN | South African rugby union coach, currently the head coach for Bath, _ van Graan (6) |
| ASARULE | Initially agree South African Rugby Union's less European, predictably |
| ZAMBIA | Southern African country formerly called Northern Rhodesia (6) |
| UITLANDER | Afrikaans term for a foreigner, such as a British immigrant in 19th-century Transvaal |
| BOKKIE | I am included in the South African Rugby Team, sweetie! (6) |
| RHODESIA | Zambia, formerly called Northern _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ (8) |
| JOELSTRANSKY | Former South African rugby player who scored the winning drop goal in the 1995 Rugby World Cup final |
