Connacht made a bright start and fly-half Keatley put the underdogs ahead with an early penalty.
But after a bright start the game quickly became more a war of attrition.
The Canaries made a bright start and Gary Holt came close to giving them a fourth-minute lead.
Devon, after a bright start, reverted to ten man rugby and the game developed as a kicking competition.
However, despite that confidence-sapping loss, the hosts gave every indication a win was finally coming after a bright start.
Hodgson's side made a bright start with Bjorn Helge Riise continually finding room down Roma's right and causing them problems.
The former Newcastle trainee, 24, made a bright start to his career at Crewe following a summer move from Tranmere.
It was a supreme example of how not to defend a cross, and little more than the hosts deserved after a bright start.
Benfica made a bright start but when Garcia brought down Ashley Cole to concede a penalty, well-taken by Lampard, Chelsea could breath easier.
Robinson's men got off to a bright start with barely 60 seconds on the clock when Rennie and Hogg combined before De Luca plunged over.
All that after such a bright start for Pakistan at the Shaikh Zayed stadium, with Tanvir making a superb impression on a long overdue international debut.
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After a fight against relegation from the Championship last season Watford made a bright start to the 2010-11 campaign but now sit 15th in the table.
After a bright start by the Pilgrims, Chris Hall netted a first-half brace for the visitors before Mark Haran's own goal in added time reduced arrears.
Edinburgh were forced to start without Simon Webster after the wing was injured in the warm-up but the visitors made a bright start against the hesitant hosts.
And in a bright start from the visitors, the lively if somewhat erratic Kalou rolled an early effort wide after a wonderful first-time chest pass from Drogba.
Biggar landed two early penalties as Ospreys capitalised on a bright start at Murrayfield, before Laidlaw reduced the deficit with an accurate kick after the visitors were penalised.
Portsmouth, who have lost key players Peter Crouch, Jermain Defoe, Glen Johnson and Sylvain Distin this summer, made a bright start but City soon got into their stride.
Nwafor sealed the victory with only eight minutes remaining as his mistimed strike managed to squirm under goalkeeper Acheampong to give the Flying Eagles a bright start in the tournament.
But Coventry, who have faded after a bright start to the season and drop to 16th in the table, will wonder how they did not get something from the game.
After a bright start by the home side with Frank Lampard bringing out a fine El Hadary save after a cutback by recalled Theo Walcott, Egypt looked the more threatening side.
Having been rocked by that five-try surge after making a bright start, Huddersfield only briefly recovered their composure, when they scored their only try straight after the restart through substitute Martin Aspinwall.
Blackpool, no doubt energised by an ear-bashing from boss Ian Holloway, made a bright start to the second period, with Luke Varney soon firing over the bar from a promising position on the edge of the area.
They got off to a bright start in snowy conditions at St Jakob-Park and might have opened the scoring inside a minute when Basle failed to clear Riise's right-wing cross and Jonathan Greening came close to poking home.
Torres did play his part in a bright start by Spain, cutting into the area and testing Eduardo with a curling shot, but he quickly faded and it was actually Portugal who had the best openings before half-time.
After a bright start from New Zealand, Team GB took control of the game, but after spurning numerous chances they had to wait for Houghton to break the deadlock on 64 minutes with a well struck free kick.
Given that this was Villa's 44th game of the season - three more than they played in the whole of last term - O'Neill decision to rest his key men was understandable and the hosts responded with a bright start.
He had clearly instructed his team to keep the ball in hand and they responded with a bright start, with 6ft 7in second row Nathan Hines featuring prominently as the hosts varied their attack, probing both through the middle and out wide.
And Yeates believes a key factor in the bright start from a side who had become a staple part of the Premier League, has been having the right mentality for Championship football.
And the Bantams' bright start was obliterated less than a minute later when Alan Rogers' corner from the opposite side was nodded down by Frank Sinclair and back-heeled home by Matt Elliott.
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