| BORTHWICK | Steve, rugby coach who replaced Eddie Jones in charge of England's national team (9) |
| DAVERENNIE | Wallabies coach replaced by Eddie Jones in 2003 (4,6) |
| EMIL | Heskey who played for England's national team in the naughties |
| HANSEN | Steve ..., rugby union coach (6) |
| ROBPENNEY | NZ rugby coach gets to mug a copper reportedly (3,6) |
| SIRGRAHAM | Knighted former rugby coach (3,6,5) |
| LANCASTER | Stuart - - -, former England rugby coach |
| ACORN | Any one of the seeds of England's national trees, sometimes falling as a bumper crop during the event in nature's calendar known as a mast year (5) |
| ROSERED | Fairytale sister of Snow-White; or, similar to the crimson of Ilex aquifolium berries, pillar boxes, poinsettia bracts, pomegranate "jewels" or robins' breasts, the colour of England's national flower |
| ROSETTE | A bloom-like carving, cut diamond, knot of ribbons, leopard spot, pattern, wheel window, whorl of leaves or other thing reminiscent of England's national flower (7) |
| GLINT | Eddie Jones recalled Chris Ashton in 2018 because of "a - - - in his eye" (5) |
| ALEXSANDERSON | Sale boss who has backed Mark McCall to succeed Eddie Jones as England head coach (4,9) |
| ROBSON | Manager of England's national football team 1982-90 (6) |
| ASTUTE | Canada's Kingsley Jones is an - - - coach, said Eddie Jones (6) |
| NORTHYORKMOORS | One of England's national parks (5,4,5) |
| TEO | Former Queensland Origin forward scored England rugby honours under Eddie Jones (3) |
| ALLDRITT | Eddie Jones called this France No 8 an "unbelievable player" in his book (8) |
| THORNE | Captained All Blacks team ambushed by Eddie Jones-coached Wallabies 2003 World Cup semis (6) |
| WHITE | South African World Cupwinning rugby coach had stint in charge of Brumbies 2012-13 (5) |
| SHERRATT | Matt, rugby coach appointed as interim coach of Wales in 2025 (8) |
