| UMAGA | Tana ___, All Blacks rugby union captain from 2004-05 (5) |
| MCCAW | Richie ___, All Black rugby great (5) |
| LOMU | Jonah ___, All Blacks rugby legend (4) |
| FERN | New Zealand's emblem seen on the All Blacks' Rugby Union team jerseys, the Silver ... |
| OWEN | --- Farrell, England rugby union captain from 2019 (4) |
| MAORI | All Black rugby player |
| TAMIM | & 24A Bangladesh opener who made 206 against Pakistan in Khulna in 2015; his country's ODI captain from 2020-23 (5,5) |
| VINCE | J M -, 2016 England Test cricket debutant; Hampshire captain from 2015 (5) |
| OWNER | Naval captain from the West involved in the Nore trouble (5) |
| GREIG | Tony ..... , South Africaborn England Test cricket team captain from 197577 (5) |
| BLIGH | Which captain from a ship mutiny became governor of New South Wales? (7,5) |
| TOTTI | Francesco ___, Roma captain from 1998-2017 (5) |
| DYSON | Essendon captain from 2017, ... Heppell (5) |
| NASTY | Tana style is spiteful to the core (5) |
| ZELDE | Sci-Fi author Busby's character, M'tana |
| HAKA | Maori war chant performed by the All Blacks rugby team (4) |
| KIWI | An All Black rugby player has the opening kick forthwith |
| WALLABY | Stupid person grabbing head of All Black rugby international (7) |
| STEVEWAUGH | Australian cricket captain from 1999 to 2004 (5,5) |
| WRIGHT | Ronald 'Winky' ?, WBA and WBC Light Middleweight champion from 2004-05 (6) |
