Sentence examples for half defence from inspiring English sources
Scoring for fun against Kuwait and Oman, breaking down China's resolute first half defence and withstanding the second half attacks of United Arab Emirates is what Australia has achieved so far.
Wigan's first-half defence was excellent, Hull having only two Paul Cooke penalties to show for their efforts.
Easily the most impressive part of this performance was their first-half defence, as they shut out a Warrington team who have been prolific throughout the year.
Some of the Rhinos' first-half defence was undeniably charitable but this was Saints back at their irresistible best after their worst run of the Super League era which had led to the dismissal of Royce Simmons as coach and his assistant Kieron Purtill after last Saturday's defeat at Bradford.
I write in half-defence of what is now being called "post-truth politics".
In half-defence only because – obviously – I'm not enthusiastic about defending Trump-like liars and political frauds, or the idea that people in power can say anything they like regardless of its truth.
The two countries account for almost half of defence spending and 70 per cent of the research and development by the European Union, as well as providing more than 55 per cent of operational armed forces.
Rovers made a poor start by letting the kick-off go over the deadball line and Ryan Atkins then crossed for Warrington after 73 seconds, but for the remainder of the first half their defence was perfect.
Warrington coach Tony Smith: "In the first half our defence was unbelievable.
However, although Bath were not producing the attacking pyrotechnics of the first half, their defence was impressive and they came to life in the final stages to score a fourth try and secure the bonus point.
The current government has promised a 1% rise in spending on equipment from 2015 - which takes up half the defence budget - but there is no such promise regarding manpower, which has gone down steadily in all three services since 2010.
