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1. England fly-half recently on the move from Leicester to Bath (5) 3. City in which France clinched the 2010 Six Nations Grand Slam (5) 6. Tighthead Quins prop awarded his England debut in June this year (7) 8. 1990s Cardiff and Wales full-back appointed Bedford D. of R. in 2005 (5) 9. Ex-France hooker who helped Gloucester win the 2003 Powergen Cup (4) 10. 26-year-old Saracens back-row man and academy graduate (4) 14. Scot who skippered Bath’s 1998 Heineken Cup final side (5) 17. Saracens’ former Old-Albanians lock on England’s 2017 tour of Argentina (7) 18. Romanian prop in this season’s Sale squad (5) 19. Surname of Swansea-born brothers, Ben and Worcester flanker, Sam (5)

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1. Ospreys and Wales centre returning from a pre-season shoulder injury (4) 2. Teenage England U20 fly-half breaking into Harlequins’ first team (5) 3. Wales U20 hooker who joined Ospreys from NG Dragons in 2014 (5) 4. ___ Arnold, Australia lock and twin brother of Perth Spirit’s Richie (4) 5. Munster hooker capped once by Ireland, v. USA in 2013 (6) 7. Samoa’s all-time leading try scorer with appearances at five World Cups (4) 9. Plymouth’s ex-England U20s wing once of Cornish Pirates and Chiefs (6) 11. Maul with three or more players binding and the ball grounded (4) 12. Scarlets hooker with Wales caps against Tonga and Samoa this year (5) 13. Taunton-born fullback/fly-half recruited by Quins from S.Africa’s Sharks (5) 15. Ireland wing whose career was finished by an IRA road bomb in 1987 (4) 16. Aussie second row man in Exeter Chiefs’ 2017 Premiership final squad (4)