Sentence examples for shield for the first time from inspiring English sources

It will be the expressions on English faces as their team lifted the Hillary Shield for the first time, juxtaposed with the aghast faces of New Zealanders trying to come to terms with the unthinkable.

NSW, who only needed a draw to claim the Shield for the first time since 2008, made it to what proved to be an unbeatable 464-run lead after lunch on Tuesday at 4-197 in their second innings.

The Giants finished their league campaign with eight wins out of 10 to claim the leaders shield for the first time in 81 years but they have now won only two of 10 play-off ties and their coach, Paul Anderson, cannot wait to get put the record straight.

Back-to-back wins for Warrington since that 12-10 defeat at Wembley have put them in pole position to claim the shield for the first time since 2011, with the trophy guaranteed if they win their penultimate game of the regular season.

Huddersfield Giants, who won the league leaders' shield for the first time, have five players in the team, which is voted for by journalists, while Leeds Rhinos prop Jamie Peacock makes his ninth appearance and Wigan Warriors full-back Sam Tomkins his fifth.

In the 1937 38 season, O'Reilly returned to more regular state cricket, and New South Wales duly won the Sheffield Shield for the first time in five seasons.

Both THEO FLEURY and MATHIEU SCHNEIDER wore face shields for the first time last night.

The police used riot shields for the first time outside Northern Ireland, and baton charges and mounted police were used in an attempt to disperse the crowds.

Now the more complete map of Mrs. Obama's ancestors — including the slave mother, white father and their biracial son, Dolphus T. Shields — for the first time fully connects the first African-American first lady to the history of slavery, tracing their five-generation journey from bondage to a front-row seat to the presidency.

So, he says, he turned back to the Bible: I ripped off my shield and, for the first time in my life, looked at myself with truth.

Cardiff's Millennium Stadium was hosting the Shield for the second time; it took over as the venue for the event while Wembley Stadium underwent a six-year renovation between 2001 and 2006.