RUGBY CROSSWORD No 103

ACROSS

1. Montpellier’s ex-Brumbies full-back capped by the

Wallabies in 2013 (4) 3. 25-year-old Castres full-back recruited from

La Rochelle this year (6) 7. Newport Red Dragons and Wales tighthead omitted

from the 2003 World Cup squad (7) 8. Glasgow wing who got a Scotland debut try against Ireland in 1993 (5) 9. Pioneering wing ‘of colour’ - member of S.Africa’s first home multi-racial side in 1975 (5) 11. 60-Test England fly-half, Tobias Gerald Albert Lieven

___ (5) 13. Leicester and England fly-half with Gloucester until

2014 (5) 15. and 6 Down S.W. London club, John Player Cup

finalists 1975 and 76 (7,4) 16. Leinster and Ireland back-row with the 2013 Lions (6) 17. US Eagles No.8 who skippered Bath in 2001-02 (4)

DOWN

1. New Zealand’s ‘Pinetree’ who turned 80 in June of this

year (5) 2. Toulon hooker and Dusautoir’s successor as France

captain (7) 4. Hurricanes and All Blacks lock lured to France’s La

Rochelle in 2014 (5) 5. Former Ireland and Lions flanker - later the coach of

his nation’s 1985 Triple Crown side (5) 6. See 15 Across 10. Hong Kong-born Scotland back-row currently with

Scarlets (7) 11. An Azzuri lock back in Italy with Zebre from Newcastle

in 2016 (5) 12. 11-cap Wales No.8 who’s captained Gloucester and

Melbourne Rebels (5) 13. Crouch, ___, set - scrum engagement sequence

introduced in 2013 (4) 14. Cornwall’s former England U20 flanker of Bath and

London Welsh (5)