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
hard performance players poor question turned
It was a poor performance, no question about that. Some blokes still turned up and were very good, but a lot of players will have to take a long, hard look at themselves.
game
We've got a big game on our hands.
believed game knew players points
At 22-12 behind, I didn't think the game was gone. We knew that 10 points was in our reach, and the players really believed in themselves.
andy blame certainly coming poorly
Andy was poorly coming into game. He will be disappointed but we certainly don't blame him.
approach benefit change close extended means opportunity
We had to change Lewis's focus, make him approach the lay-off as an extended close season, an opportunity to really get in shape. He's done just that, which means that in the long-term we should get benefit from it. In the short-term, the benefit will be England's.
It's a semi-final and we want to win.
exciting perspective
This is pretty exciting from my perspective, and I know many trappers who also are excited.
activities conducive multiple
It really wasn't conducive to senior-center activities because you couldn't have multiple activities at the same time.
alex early guys huge lucky played role
It's lucky we've got depth. Guys like Alex have played a huge role in the early part of the season.
played
It was frustrating day as a whole because we played poorly.
both deacon decision good johnson last lewis luke mention performance playing quite tough
It was a really tough decision to play Lewis because I think both Brett Deacon and Will Johnson have been playing fantastically, not to mention Luke Abraham's performance last week. But we know Lewis is a very good player, and in all fairness, we would quite like to see him play for Leicester.
against alan clean contact expect game hope issues lewis physical raised seen
It will be a physical game, but I hope it's a pretty clean game. Alan Lewis refereed our game against Clermont and we've been in contact with him. Any issues we raised he had seen already, so I expect him to be the professional he is.
coral dead meets red safe saying version
They're the safe version of the coral snake. The saying is when red meets yellow, you're a dead fellow. When red meets black, you're OK, Jack.
against attributes breaks england feet good score special tests
As a finisher he is pretty special and I still think there's a lot more to come. His feet are very good and he breaks tackles to score tries. Can he play in Tests and do what he did against Wasps? I think he will. He has some attributes the England selectors have to consider.