Rugby international follows a VIP eccentric to clubhouse (8)
I believe the answer is:
pavilion
'clubhouse' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both man-made objects as well as being singular nouns.
Perhaps you can see a link between them that I don't see?
'rugby international follows a vip eccentric' is the wordplay.
'rugby international' becomes 'lion' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'follows' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'eccentric' is an anagram indicator.
'a'+'vip'='avip'
'avip' with letters rearranged gives 'pavi'.
'lion' put after 'pavi' is 'PAVILION'.
'to' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for pavilion that I've seen before include "Large and often sumptuous tent" , "Building by a cricket pitch" , "Park shelter" , "From which you look out on square" , "Summer house" .)