Rugby World UK – August 2019

THE WINNER OF THE JULY CROSSWORD IS

PETE RAMOS FROM LISBON, PORTUGAL

ACROSS 1. MacGinty 7. Inca 8. Tom Homer 9. Stolen 10. Nagusa 11. Tie

12. Props 14. Gnoll 16. Art 18. Lahiff 20. Adders 22. Capstick 23. Noon


13. Jake Kerr. DOWN 1. Munster 2. Crawl 3. Intent 4. Tomane 5. Ewers


14. Morgan 13. Priest 15. Larmour 16. Africa 17. Tackle 19. Alarm 21. Dance.

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 2 August. Results will appear in our November 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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Hard-hitting opinion

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WORLD CUP WALLCHART

ACROSS

1 Japanese city, devastated by an

earthquake and tsunami in 2011, that

will host two games at RWC 2019 (8)

4 - - - Warriors, one of the best-supported

Major League Rugby teams (4)

8 - - - Walker, ex-Wales wing who retired

last year following a back injury (3)

9 Website that sells video shout-outs

from celebrities, like rugby stars (5)

10 And 6 Down. Ex-Saints and England

back-three player who in 1992 scored

the fi rst Test try at Wembley (3,6)

11 Chris Pennell and Henry Slade have

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    • injections to combat diabetes (7)
      12 Cheshire club that was founded as
      The Gentlemen of - - - RUFC in 1968 (5)
      13 Ex-Munster and Ireland fl anker (4,7)
      17 “Athletic, - - - and at ease” – how
      The Independent described Maro Itoje
      after his fi rst England start in 2016 (5)
      18 Ex-Richmond wing Dominic - - - shares
      the record for most tries in an English
      Premiership season, with 17 (7)
      20 Number of points scored in the 1963
      Ireland v England match in Dublin (3)
      21 Philip - - - , Scotland Women coach (5)
      22 - - - Davies, Cardiff Blues lock who has
      won all seven of his Wales Tests (3)
    
    
    
    
  
  
  
  

23 Bird of prey spotted in Henley (4)

24 - - - Lager, title sponsor of

Scotland’s domestic leagues (8)

DOWN

1 Only Tom Curry made more

turnovers than this Chief in last

season’s Gallagher Premiership (6)

2 New Zealand’s head coach at the

1995 World Cup in South Africa... (5)

3 ...while Pote - - - is coaching in

the country with the Bulls (5)

5 Josua - - - , wing who scored in Fiji’s

21-14 win in Paris last autumn (7)

6 See 10 Across

7 Former Wales hooker/captain whose

Test career spanned the Sixties (6,4)

9 Ex-All Black redirects second mail (5,5)

14 He’s three kicks from becoming the

fi rst Scot to convert 100 Test tries (7)

15 - - - Botterman, England Women’s

prop who gave up her job as a painter

and decorator to go full-time (6)

16 Ralph - - - , ex-Bristol centre who was

stabbed in an attempted murder (6)

18 - - - bank, West Dunbartonshire club

celebrating its 50th anniversary (5)

19 Did full-back Simon lay the stonework

for Ulster’s 1999 Heineken Cup win? (5)

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