Sentence examples for a brutal first half from inspiring English sources

Kevin Muscat's shell-shocked side were drowning, conceding 10 shots to one in a brutal first half.

PURDUE 81, ILLINOIS 70 No. 14 Purdue overcame a brutal first half against host Illinois, in which it shot 28.6 percent, with 54 second-half points and a comeback win.

To send Brown out with a win, the Huskies (8-5) had to overcome a brutal first half in which they lost five fumbles and trailed, 20-17, at halftime.

There was only one try in a brutal first half, and that a misleadingly soft one inside six minutes, as Ben Jones-Bishop was teased from his wing by a Tomkins pass, allowing Richards to get outside him and sent Iain Thornley over with an inside ball.

No team in that famous shirt has ever suffered in the way Luiz Felipe Scolari's did during a brutal first half in which Germany scored five times in 19 minutes and played as though their opponents might as well have been invited from the beach.

Eloni Vunakece had put Fiji ahead in a brutal first half at the KC Stadium but Ben Westwood levelled before the break.

Gary Cahill had started ahead of the young Dane as the back-line's central pivot, though he was left dizzied by a brutal first half-hour and would eventually depart prematurely clutching his right hamstring.

The Swans were beaten up by their nearest neighbours, and in a brutal second half show of force by the Giants had their noses rubbed in the dirt.

Mike Ford's side found the Tigers' defence in relentless mood, while there was a spiteful tinge at times to a contest that bore little resemblance to the one-sided thrashing at the Rec, as Leicester blitzed their opponents with a brutal first-half display.

Riddled with cramps, Baghdatis lost in a brutal fifth set.

But there was little room for sentiment in a brutal and frantic first half in which both teams showed their desperation for the points - albeit for contrasting reasons.