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
great white
Obviously, it is great to have Julian White back involved.
decision felt injuries match next okay played quite runs sale test turned
We made a decision that he was not quite right for the Sale game, and I felt if we played him it could have turned into one of those injuries that runs and runs. He will be okay to play in the Test match next Saturday.
amount club given lewis playing start tempted
We were tempted to start with Lewis on the bench, particularly given the amount of back rowers at the club who are playing very, very well,
ball british control deal defensive four good issues lions side
We need to deal with some of our ball control issues, defensive issues and our kicking. We still had a good side out, with four British Lions out on the paddock, and we should have done better.
game
We've got a big game on our hands.
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.
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.
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.
backed both couple difficult game gets giving hard life opportunity somehow taken time tom
Everyone in life gets their opportunity somehow and you have got to take it. Tom has had a difficult couple of weeks. I have been giving him a very hard time and he has taken his opportunity with both hands. He said to me before the game he was going to play well and he backed it up.
It's a semi-final and we want to win.
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.
activities conducive multiple
It really wasn't conducive to senior-center activities because you couldn't have multiple activities at the same time.