The Dragons though showed intent from the off and claimed the first points through Jason Tovey's straightforward penalty.
It has been designed to carry weapons from the off, rather than having them bolted on later.
Cliftonville dominated from the off with McMullan having an effort cleared off the line and Murphy also going close.
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Away from the off-pitch scandals, Eriksson's coaching skills have been under fire since England's quarter-final exit at Euro 2004.
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Northampton found the going hard from the off against south American visitors who included six internationals in their ranks.
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Exeter took the game to their hosts from the off and their solid set piece more than matched Bourgoin's physical forwards.
The home side bossed the game from the off and Giuseppe Rossi hammered in a superb opening goal on 20 minutes.
From the off, they grabbed the attention of the tens of thousands of festival-goers in front of the main stage with their sound and light show.
As the sun broke through early in the New Zealand innings, the lack of natural swing on the ball was evident from the off.
The Croat looked sluggish from the off, while Federer was at his magnificent best, allowing his opponent just 10 points in a one-sided first set.
The Ascot racecourse, 30 miles west of London, was established in 1711 by Queen Anne and sartorial elegance was part of its fabric right from the off.
Blackpool boss Ian Holloway, who also made eight changes, went on the attack from the off with the backing of their biggest crowd of the season.
Kevin Darley pushed the 11-4 shot out in front right from the off and the three-year-old showed great stamina to keep her nose ahead to the finish.
The Wallabies put the All Blacks on the back-foot from the off but Kurtley Beale was twice wayward off the tee as six points went begging early on.
Barry Fuller signalled the home side's positive intent from the off with a 30-yard strike but unfortunately for the Gills it was a good 15m over the bar.
Yet against the off-field tensions, Pakistan - and Shoaib Akhtar in particular - looked lively from the off, Strauss doubled up by an opening delivery that jagged back sharply into his ribs.
Australia tried to assert their authority - they are some 16 places above Japan in the world rankings - from the off but some stout and committed defence kept them at bay.
The Algerians made their tactical intentions clear from the off, as they were happy to sit deep and play long, in-swinging balls and try to gain free-kicks in good areas, to counter the organised Egyptians.
Indeed England were ahead of the rate from the off with left-handers Strauss and Steven Davies playing in calm fashion, picking off the loose balls and using the pace of Shoaib Akhtar to good effect.
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They had the visitors on the back foot from the off and it needed a magnificent reflex save from Frank Fielding to keep out Jim McNulty's header from an inviting Michael Tonge corner nine minutes in.
Treviso demonstrated from the off that they intended to play with pace and width but from the first scrum Leicester began to butcher the home pack and their forward power laid the ground work for the victory.
Sunday's Premier League defeat to Manchester United prompted declarations that Chelsea's title bid is over, while Scolari himself called this Cup tie as "the game of the year" - and right from the off it was clear the Blues were under no illusions as to the tie's importance.
Granted, Pakistan were hardly at the top of their game at The Oval, missing four chances in a poor fielding performance and then never threatening England's target right from the off, but the England players and supporters would have taken a victory at any cost, and the eventual 48-run margin represents quite a spanking in Twenty20.
Some of the performance figures are subdued by comparison with the start of last year as Aggreko is not benefiting from the one-off gains from the Vancouver Winter Olympics, the build-up to the FIFA World Cup in South Africa and the Asian Games.
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Wellwood scored first for the Jets, a wrist shot from the slot off a pass from Evander Kane just under five minutes into the second period that beat Ryan Miller.
Alfredsson then took a snapshot from the slot off a feed from Mika Zibanejad that beat Enroth cleanly.
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