Briggs's professional career, long and mostly victorious though it has been (48-4, with one draw), has not quite borne out his youthful promise.

But in general The Review favors an established reputation over youthful promise.

With the lack of in-season testing, and in the current economic climate, many teams have opted for experience or funding over youthful promise.

Djokovic is sure to remember this weekend all of his life, for it marked the moment when he truly realised his youthful promise.

Jippensha had kept his youthful promise that his life would be full of surprises, even after his death.

Time passes, ideals are frayed, youthful promise grows increasingly dim.

Do selectors go for Black's experience, or Grindley's youthful promise?

There were certainly no signs of youthful promise.

Toulouse exploit the limits of the Premiership leaders' youthful promise.

She warns of thirst for knowledge tipping over into dangerous greed, and of youthful promise lost for one fatal flaw.