THE WINNER OF THE JUNE CROSSWORD IS
JOHN McKINNELL FROM CHILDWICKBURY, HERTS
ACROSS 1. Cairns 5. Bigi 8. Mark Mapletoft 9. Dylan Mika 10. GBH 11.
Norway 13. Stuart 16. Alf 17. Eric Champ 19. Keith Rowlands 20. Skin 21.
Turner.DOWN 2. April 3. Romania 4. Sophie 5. Breda 6. Georgia 7. At the
top 9. Dan Parks 12. Ref Link 14. Tackler 15. Kit out 17. Ethan 18. Annie.The crossword winner will receive a £50 gift voucher from Raging Bull, the
leisurewear company founded by ex-England and Lions prop Phil Vickery
(left). See their clothing range at ragingbull.co.uk. The closing date for
entries is Friday 19 July. Results will appear in our October 2019 issue.
Send your entry and an email address to: Alan Pearey, Wellside Cottage,
Cranes Lane, Kelvedon, Essex, CO5 9AX. The competition is open to all
ages – the full rules are on page 97. Compiled by Alan Pearey.CROSSWORD
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1 Former Wallaby at Leinster,
married to singer-songwriter
Penelope Austin (5,5)
8 The Hakatanomori Stadium in
Fukuoka, where Ireland will meet
Samoa at RWC 2019, is often referred
to as the - - - 5 Stadium (5)
9 Cliff - - - , RFU chairman from 1996-98
who Fran Cotton called a “visionary” (7)
10 New Cornish Pirates lock Cian found
in Cairo, main Egyptian city (7)
11 - - - Tuala, Samoan-born full-back
at Franklin’s Gardens (5)
12 They open their 2019 World Cup
campaign against Italy at 8 Across (6)
14 Saracens fl anker whose dad
runs a fruit farm on the edge
of Kruger National Park (6)
17 Surrey club that recently appointed
Peter Winterbottom as its DoR (5)
19 San - - - , Texas club that has
an armadillo as its mascot (7)
21 Iconic players, such as McCaw,
Meads and Matfi eld (7)
22 Isle of - - - , Hampshire One team (5)
23 Andy - - - , Wasps forwards
coach who played for England
against 12 Across in 2004 (10)DOWN
2 Sébastien Chabal dressed up as
one at the Hong Kong Sevens (7)
3 Netani - - - , Fiji’s No 8 at RWC 2015 (5)
4 - - - Pelous, France’s most-capped
player with 118 Tests, 1995-2007 (6)
5 Northampton scrum-half who was
shortlisted for Gallagher Premiership
Player of the Season (7)
6 Kevin - - - , 12 Across-born former
prop who was the fi rst Englishman
to play Super Rugby (5)
7 This ex-Tigers, Bath and Exeter lock is
DoR at Canford School in Dorset (5,5)
8 Real cello H played briefl y
in Newcastle (2,8)
13 Os - - - rushed his former Springbok
team-mate Naka Drotske to hospital
after a shooting incident last year (2,5)
15 Glad one partied in Irish county
that’s home to Letterkenny RFC (7)
16 Reading a book about - - - , the
famous Rough Collie, helped Kenny
Logan beat dyslexia aged 16 (6)
18 He scored a try in all of France’s
Six Nations games this year apart
from at Twickenham (5)
20 The Blackpool - - - , nickname of 6ft
8in ex-England lock Wade Dooley (5)ON SALE TUE 16 JULY