Crossword

ACROSS

1. Fly-half whose missed kicks did Wales no favours in the 2011 W. Cup semi-final (4) 3. 26-year old hooker competing with Da Ros for a placate Brive (6) 7. 1990 Tonga wing who flourished as the US Eagles’ record try-scorer (7) 8. Springbok back who, in 2007, became the youngest World Cup winner (5) 9. The Black ___, nickname of New Zealand’s women’s side (5) 11. ___ Park, Wycombe home of

Wasps, 2002-14 (5) 13. Ex-Montpellier scrum-half capped three times by Lièvremont in 2008 (5) 15. National side coached by Warren Gatland, 1998-2001 (7) 16. Exeter’s Scotland A lock recruited from Edinburgh in 2015 (6) 17. S.African-born Englishman, author of the biography Landing on my Feet (4)

DOWN

1. Australia-born lock who, from 2000-2011, won 77 Scotland caps (5) 2. Brive, Zebre and Italy fly-half

born in Argentina in 1981 (7) 4. Scrum-half re-signed with Marc Jones by Sale from Bristol this year (5) 5. Stalwart Stade Français wing capped twice by France in 2009-10 (5) 6. Labour politician prominent in opposing apartheid S.African tours from 1969 (4) 10. National team coached by

Lynn Howells from 2012 (7) 11. The ____ Stadium, home ground of 15 Across, opened in 2010 (5) 12. Los Leones, European

Nations Cup competitors (5) 13. Kane’s 2016 Bledisloe Cup

stand-in from Crusaders (4) 14. Ex-Saracens wing replaced by Woodburn in Exeter’s 2017 Premiership final side (5)