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Lieutenant Charles Arthur Crompton RE, was a rugby union international who played for England in the first rugby international against Scotland in 1871. His Irish birth made him also the first Irish-born player to play in a rugby international and he was additionally, along with Lieutenant Charles Sherrard RE, the first member of the armed forces to represent their national side.

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Trevor John French Foster MBE was a Welsh rugby footballer, and coach. He played rugby union for Newport and rugby league for Bradford Northern. Trevor Foster was a Sergeant Physical Training Instructor in the British Army during World War II.

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Timothy Andrew Keith Rodber is an English former rugby union footballer who played at Number eight, flanker or lock for Northampton Saints, England, and the British and Irish Lions.

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Michael "Mick" Sullivan, also known by the nickname of "Sully", was an English World Cup winning professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1950s and 1960s, and coached in the 1970s. He set the record for the most appearances for the Great Britain Lions with 46. This record has been matched but never overtaken. He also holds the record for the most rugby league test match tries by a player of any nationality with 44.

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John "Jack" Waring, also known by the nickname of "Sogger", was an English professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1930s and 1940s, and coached in the 1950s, and rugby union footballer who played in the 1940s. He played representative level rugby league (RL) for England, and at club level for Thatto Heath ARLFC, Star Rovers ARLFC, Blackbrook ARLFC, St Helens, Dewsbury, Belle Vue Rangers, Featherstone Rovers, and Warrington, as a wing, centre, stand-off or scrum-half, i.e. 2 or 5, 3 or 4, 6, or 7, and representative level rugby union (RU) for the Army and the Combined Services/United Services, as a fly-half, i.e. number 10, and coached club level rugby league (RL) for Warrington (A-Team).

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Frank William Whitcombe, also known by the nickname of "The Big Man", was a Welsh rugby union, and professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1930s and 1940s. He played rugby union (RU) for Cardiff RFC, London Welsh RFC, Aldershot Services and Army Rugby Union, as a prop, i.e. number 1 or 3, and representative level rugby league (RL) for Great Britain, Rugby League XIII, and Wales, and at club level for Broughton Rangers and Bradford Northern, as a prop, i.e. number 8 or 10, during the era of contested scrums.

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Arthur Tudor Young was an English rugby union scrum-half who played for both England and the British Lions. At 5 ft 4ins he was affectionately known as England's little man.