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
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.
deal expect fatigue field game per players sure turn
But this is a big game and I expect big-game players to turn up. I'm sure he'll fatigue during the game at some stage, and we'll have to deal with that, but when he's on the field I know he'll give 150 per cent.
game
We've got a big game on our hands.
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.
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.
games lose
He's a significant part of why we do not lose a lot of games like that.
andy blame certainly coming poorly
Andy was poorly coming into game. He will be disappointed but we certainly don't blame him.
form tough
Saracens are in form and it's going to be a really tough battle.
again coaches easiest field good looking structure talking
We were looking for a like-for-like replacement for me and that made the field very narrow. We thought again about the structure and we are being more inventive. We are talking to a lot of guys: there are some good coaches out there and Leicester is not the easiest place to come to because it can be intimidating.
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.
obviously trying
Jim's obviously not very happy, but he understands what we're trying to do,
bright calm guy sort
He's a bright guy and he's calm in these sort of situations.
talked
I don't know what he's doing. We have talked to him and he is going to have a look at all his options.
beat five good group players pride six starts strong sure teams victories
I am sure the pride of the Clermont players will be strong at home. They have got some very good players, and not a lot of teams beat Clermont in Clermont. We must go there to win, and five victories from six starts in this group would be a very strong achievement.