Sentence examples for has handed a start from inspiring English sources

Levein has handed a start to captain Darren Fletcher, whose last international appearance was against the Faroe Islands in November.

With Toby Flood kept in the England camp, the Leicester director of rugby, Richard Cockerill, has handed a rare start to Flood's 19-year old fly-half understudy, George Ford.

Jamie Mackie has been handed a start for Scotland in tonight's friendly against Cyprus in Larnaca.

Chris Tremlett has been handed a starting place by England in tonight's third Ashes Test in Perth.

But, with fellow Scotland international Peter Murchie having been handed a starting place instead, the home side started brightly and monopolised possession for the opening five minutes.

Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp has handed the 25-year-old a regular starting berth alongside Martin Skrtel since his arrival and has expressed his disappointment at losing the defender.

With Nash ailing almost daily from recurring back problems, Lin has practically been handed a starting spot next to Kobe Bryant.

The Pirates lost their opening three games to Yorkshire Carnegie, London Scottish and Bristol and Davies said that the fixture list had handed his side a particularly difficult start to the campaign.

He has been handed a tough start.

Glasgow could hardly have been handed a tougher start in the Pro12, with Leinster and Ulster, last year's finalists, to follow the Cardiff game.

"We've been handed a testing start to the season, but it is one that I'm excited about and we will be aiming to accumulate as many points as possible," he told his club website.