Crossword

ACROSS

1. Racing 92 full-back who made his

2012 France debut with Castres (5) 4. National side guided by Eddie Jones,

2012-15 (5) 7. 34-year-old New Zealand-born No.8 of

Leicester, Exeter and England fame (7) 8. Chiefs and Pirates back row man born

in Zimbabwe in 1990 (5) 9. ___ Phillips, Scarlets’ hooker awarded

three Wales caps in 2013 (4) 10. Welshman chosen to skipper the Lions

v. the Pumas in Cardiff in 2005 (4) 14. Exeter’s England back who suffered a

leg fracture in 2015 (5) 17. Johnnie, son of John, Scotland No.8 in

France with Bayonne (7) 18. 22-year-old Northampton and England

U18s hooker, ___ Marshall (5) 19. 6’10" Leinster and Ireland lock omitted

from the 2017 Lions squad (5)

DOWN

1. England U20s prop recruited by Bristol

from Plymouth in 2016 (4) 2. Former Bath prop off-loaded to London

Scottish from Bristol in 2014 (6) 3. Norfolk-born Wales wing on the Lions

tours of 2013 and 2017 (5) 4. Wales lock from Plymouth - a

Gloucester man from 2007 to 2014 (5) 5. Lionel Nallet’s second row partner in

France’s 2011 World Cup final side (4) 6. South Island city claiming to have had

New Zealand’s first rugby club (6) 9. Retired Quins No.8 three times chosen

in England World Cup squads (6) 11. Durham centre appointed as captain of

England’s 1963 Aussie tourists (6) 12. Bridgend winger with a Wales World

Cup hat-trick v Tonga in 1987 (5) 13. Ex-Wales full-back who racked up a

record 2734 points for Swansea (5) 15. Glasgow Warriors back-row given his 2015 Scotland Six Nations debut v England (4) 16. 50-cap 2002-10 Scotland prop with

spells at Leeds Tykes and Sale (4)