Pat Howard
Pat Howard
Patrick William Howard, usually known as Pat Howard or Paddy Howardis an ex-head coach at Leicester Tigers and a former Australian rugby union international who played centre or fly-half...
ProfessionRugby Player
Date of Birth14 November 1973
fight played until win
We have a real win with Brett. We want him to fight for a place until the end of the season. He has played well this season.
george good shot
I think George is a very good player, and it would have been interesting if he had had a shot at the Tests.
bit bristol changes result taught
I think it was important to make changes going into the Bristol match, but in a way that result has taught us a bit of a lesson.
full gradual minutes played
It has been a gradual build-up for Julian, and all part of integrating him in. He played 20 minutes, then 40 minutes and now a full game,
obviously trying
Jim's obviously not very happy, but he understands what we're trying to do,
capable simplicity
If we play anything like we know we are capable of, we will win. That is the simplicity of it sometimes.
composure kept okay took
We took our opportunities and kept our composure - we are okay with the result.
bright calm guy sort
He's a bright guy and he's calm in these sort of situations.
games lose
He's a significant part of why we do not lose a lot of games like that.
bad couple harry hopefully likely small
Harry will have a small operation. I think he is likely to be out for a couple of weeks, and hopefully nothing too bad will show up.
austin country form great harry opportunity playing reward season
Harry is playing well for his country and his club. But Austin has been in great form this season and I wanted to reward him and give him the opportunity to own the competition.
hard harry quickly start testament worked
Harry is 100-per-cent fit, and he has done really well to get back as quickly as he has. At the start of the week, he wasn't really in my plans, but he has worked exceptionally hard and I think it is a testament to his work ethic.
cent fit harry per
Harry is 100 per cent fit and has done well to get back so quickly.
england good played six spot starting sure taken terms timely wants
He has taken that opportunity, he has played really well and I am sure he wants that England spot and it was timely for him. And (in terms of starting for England in the Six Nations) if you are good enough, you are old enough.