Sentence examples for made skipper from inspiring English sources

The former Wasps and Saracens player joined Jersey last summer and was made skipper at the start of last season.

The 31-year-old joined the League Two outfit in the summer and was made skipper at the start of the season.

The 29-year-old, who was made skipper this season , joined Exeter from Bristol City in January 2010  and is out of contract in the summer.

However, prop Marler, who takes over the responsibility from England's Chris Robshaw, says he feels privileged to have been made skipper.

"We've got Joe Jacobson who is established at left-back and has played really well for us towards the end of the season and responded well to being made skipper.

Snodgrass, made skipper by Warnock in one of his first acts since becoming Leeds boss, scored the opener, stroking home from 18 yards after being coolly picked out by a composed Aidy White's short square pass.

Harlequins flanker Chris Robshaw was made England skipper for the Six Nations, but Rowntree said Hartley "was very close to having been made captain of the national team and might well soon become captain".

The Cardiff Blues flanker led Wales to the 2011 World Cup semi-final in New Zealand and to the 2012 Six Nations Grand Slam. Warren Gatland, the Wales coach, made him skipper in August 2011, but Warburton admits he does not take the role of skipper for granted.

When whites mined the earth or made roads, Skipper explained, "they scraped the mangi off the land," and the essence of the past inhabitants was lost.

The 25-year-old centre-half signed for the Rams for a fee in excess of £1m on Thursday and manager Nigel Clough immediately made him skipper.

But after leading the race for four legs, the Team New Zealand skipper made a mistake that has doomed many an America's Cup skipper: he allowed Coutts to stay close.