Crossword

ACROSS

1. 24-year old 6’9” S.Africa lock Springboks Players Player of 2016 (2,5) 7. New Zealand ITM Cup region with a

home at Forsyth Barr, Dunedin (5) 8. and 15 Down Irishman appointed a

Racing 92 coach in 2013 (5,5) 9. England fly-half who kicked all Saints

points in the 2000 Heineken final (7) 10. ___ Matawalu, Fiji scrum-half transferred

from Bath to Exeter last year (4) 12. ‘The Heamoor Flyer’, Cornish All Blacks

wing who joined Chiefs in 2008 (4) 16. Rob Andrews’ immediate predecessor as

England captain (7) 18. ___ Stadium, ground built on Dublin’s old

Lansdowne Road site (5) 19. Wrexham-born ex-Wales League centre-turned wing with Glasgow and Scotland 7s from 2005 (5) 20. L.Irish, Quins and 26-cap Ireland

full-back born in London in 1965 (7)

DOWN

1. S.African city in which Joe Marler made

his 2012 Test debut (6) 2. All Blacks right wing in the 2011 World

Cup final (4) 3. Ex-Bristol prop given his first England

cap after joining Leicester in 2016 (5) 4. Gloucester’s former Carnegie flanker,

England’s 2009-10 U20s captain (5) 5. 2006 England scrum-half appointed

Gloucester backs coach in 2014 (6) 6. ‘The King’ of Wales, fly-half who retired

in 1972, aged 27 (4) 11. 1984-94 New Zealand wing who later

coached Italy and Japan (6) 13. Kubota ___, Japan Top League club from

Funabashi (6) 14. Pint-sized 19-year-old Ospreys wing

called into the Welsh squad last year (5) 15. See 8 Across 16. Wing-turned-full-back with Cornish

Pirates and Gloucester, 2009-16 (4) 17. Young German-born England prop who’s

racked up 50 games for Saints (4)