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7 New Zealand’s Test scrum-half against the 1983 Lions rehabilitates vile dog evader (4,9)

8 Steve - - - , former Saracens centre who won two England caps on the 1998 ‘Tour to Hell’ (11) 12 Frank Bunce’s All Blacks centre partner for much of the Nineties (6) 14 Blackrock and Belvedere needed one to settle a 2016 Leinster Schools Senior Cup quarter-final (6) 16 1980s France lock Jean prevents pregnancy (6) 18 There’s one at Rugby School depicting William Webb Ellis (6) 19 English competition (2001-05) grew, once pup was trained (8,3) 23 Great draw she’d manipulated for a Lions legend (6,7) DOWN 1 Nigel - - - , former Ireland flanker whose rugby career was ended by an IRA car bomb in 1987 (4)

2 - - - the Swerve, nickname of arguably the greatest Lions No 8 (4) 3 A lucky one from a kick can swing the game your way (6) 4 Zach, who does a lot of skills work at Bath with 10 Down (6) 5 Double World Cup winner Victor, now at La Rochelle (4) 6 Anthony - - - , coach of Kenyan side Kabras Sugar, to go backwards (4)

9 - - - Conte, Chelsea FC manager who visited the England rugby camp (7) 10 Joe Marler, keen to know his Lions room-mates better, got this Wales No 8 to fill in a questionnaire (7) 11 Hugh - - - , Aussie whose 50-metre try for Stade Français thwarted Bath in the Challenge Cup semi-final… (4) 12 …not bad for a tiring - - - ! (4)

13 - - - Cullen, Leinster head coach (3) 15 - - - Sleep Rugby, rugby site (3) 17 The Lions’ Irish full-back in the 2005 Cardiff and Auckland Tests (6) 18 Callum - - - , Bristol fly-half who has spent time on loan at Jersey (6) 19 Free - - - , go for a try knowing you have a penalty advantage (4) 20 Christian Wade won the Citizen Try of the - - - three times last season (4) 21 Does Racing and France hooker Camille purr? (4)

22 In rugby, small pre-defined groups of players – not whales (4)