SPORTWORD ACROSS DOWN

A test of knowledge for the sporting enthusiast 1 & 23A Welsh former flanker who has coached sides including Ospreys and Bridgend (5,5)

4. Danny ..... , captain of 1995 Champions League Finalwinners Ajax (5)

7 & 4D 1997 World Championships men’s 200m gold medallist (3,6) 8. Gordon ..... , former Scotland defender whose clubs included Kilmarnock, Brighton and Blackburn Rovers (5)

9. ..... Rhinos, Super League

XVIII club (5)

10. Robin .... , 1996-97 WBC Super Middleweight champion (4)

11 & 18A Scrum-half whose 2008 France Test debut was against Scotland (6,5) 14. Martin ...... , 1966 Football

World Cup winner (6) 15. Ryan .... , former fly-half whose clubs included Northampton, Gloucester and London Irish (4) 18. See 11 Across

20. Batting ..... , sequence in which cricketers play through their team’s innings (5) 21. Series of games in a tennis

match (3)

22. Joe ..... , 1995 Everton FA

Cup-winning manager (5) 23. See 1 Across 1. Alan ..... , Chairman of Tottenham Hotspur from 1991-2001 (5)

2. See 16 Down

3. Andy .... , 1986-92 New Zealand All Blacks flanker (4)

4. See 7 Across

5. Surface on which curling is

played (3)

6. Simon ..... , 2011 KLM

Open-winning golfer (5) 12. See 19 Down

13. Any of various lines drawn

on a cricket pitch (6) 14. Keith ..... , Warwickshire CCC 1994 treble-winning wicketkeeper (5)

16 & 2D London Irish fly-half who signed for Northampton Saints in 2007 (5,7)

17. Graeme .... , 2006 World

Snooker champion (4) 19 & 12D Former Aston Villa midfielder who was 19982002 Walsall FC manager and boss at Bristol Rovers from 2002-04 (3,7)