Run into supporter before church in country (6)
I believe the answer is:
france
'country' is the definition.
(France is an example)
'run into supporter before church' is the wordplay.
'run' becomes 'r' (cricket abbreviation).
'into' indicates putting letters inside.
'supporter' becomes 'fan' (fan is a kind of supporter).
'before' says to put letters next to each other.
'church' becomes 'ce' (abbreviation for Church of England).
'r' inserted inside 'fan' is 'fran'.
'fran'+'ce'='FRANCE'
'in' acts as a link.
(Other definitions for france that I've seen before include "Land of Bordeaux and Burgundy" , "Nice country!" , "Paris its capital" , "Anatole ---, Fr. novelist" , "Can ref come from here?" .)