ACROSS
2. Scotland U20 lock recruited by Newcastle in 2016 from Glasgow Hawks (8)
5. All Blacks’ openside flanker in the 2017 Lions Test series (4)
7. Worcester fly-half who departed for La Rochelle this year (4)
8. Zebre flanker of Congolese ancestry given his Italy debut in 2016 (6)
9. 23 year-old Bath and Saxons lock first a professional with Gloucester (6)
12. Ex-Wales ‘A’ and 7s winger/full-back, born in Exeter in 1974, heading Bristol’s Bright Sparks scheme (6)
13. Kiwi fly-half, nephew of Walter, with 71 Fiji caps from 1996 to 2011 (6)
15. Scotland and Lions...