Crossword

ACROSS

1. Surname of Ulster and Ireland siblings, hooker Rory and prop Simon (4) 3. Wasps, Brive and England Kiwi centre awarded a Lions cap in 2009 (6) 7. Injured 23-year-old Bordeaux and France U20s lock once at Montpellier (7) 8. Skipper of the Wallabies’ 1999 World Cup final side (5) 9. See 14 Down 11. Munster prop - first player to make 100 appearances for Ireland (5) 13. Wales scrum-half who ended his career in 1998 as Bristol captain (5) 15. Versatile Brumbies and Australia back who played in Japan from 2010 (7) 16. France’s longtime Toulouse flanker transferred to Racing 92 in 2015 (6) 17. Colour of England’s away kit reintroduced in 2016 (4)

DOWN

1. England U20s prop snapped up this year by Quins from Carnegie (5) 2. Ulster and Samoa fly-half born Auckland in 1989 and raised in England (7) 4. Wasps’ Samoan centre on his way to Bristol (5) 5. Four-cap Canadianborn England prop who left Saracens for Nice in 2008 (5) 6. Australian NRC club based in Sydney with the Rams (4) 10. Graham Dilley’s full-back son who skippered Worcester from 2010 (7) 11. Four cap ex-Munster and Leinster lock, a 2002 All Ireland League winner with Shannon (5) 12. 6’10” 28-Test Sale and Scotland lock, a Lion in South Afriica in 1968 (5) 13. Coventry prop who captained England in the 1967 Five Nations (4) 14. and 9 Across ___ des ___, home stadium of RFC Grenoble (5,5)