Where you might find the players from the start? (5)
I believe the answer is:
onset
'the start?' is the definition.
(onset is a kind of start)
I don't understand the remainder of the clue.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for onset that I've seen before include "origin" , "Storming" , "Beginning or early stages" , "Start - attack" , "Beginning (of disease etc)" .)