The Guardian - Cryptic crossword No 24,212 - Oct 19 2007

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25 to 22 as result of this conversion METRIC
About to enter the area of town centre, perhaps THREEQUARTER
After a time, leads on tries ATTEMPTS
Arguing with referee extremely unwise, ultimately - don't show dissent AGREE
Burden on shoulders of scrum-half, say, and forwards BACKPACK
Change that's passed over the bar, as seen here CONVERSION
Do something in scrum, resulting in punch HOOK
Dramatic and inspiring performances, specially with arm broken MIRACLEPLAYS
Extremely poor English side, awfully restricted in score NEEDIEST
Fantastic crowd puller? Not half! WORLDCUP
Fine player that contributes significantly to result FACTOR
Fruits of careful intensive training initially with stratagems CITRUSES
Hurt repeatedly as part of approaches coaches used ACHE
In which oval object is passed around in play RUGGER
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Literary work of American author on success in rugby POETRY
Lock given order to be quiet! SHUTUP
One insect after another buzzing round head of hooker, huge fellow BEHEMOTH
Passage of play after instant opening lets me in MOVEMENT
Peter with men in resort, having no match PREEMINENT
Player essential in pack for power PROP
Players in front row, say, of small musical group TRIO
Position man in back row at start of game for scrum, say SETPIECE
Pulling in direction of player on side TOWING
Strength shown by guy in red under pressure POWER
Value of three goals in this game TWENTYONE
Where 8 goes (as roughly depicted) when one's temporarily not working? BETWEENTHEPOSTS
Where scrum-half's expertise lies, by the way INPASSING