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.
exciting perspective
This is pretty exciting from my perspective, and I know many trappers who also are excited.
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.
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.
mistakes performance poor saved skill today whether
You make mistakes in sport and that was a mistake. There were opportunities all over the place and we didn't take them. We saved a poor performance for today and we have to live with that. I want to see whether the mistakes were skill mistakes, decision-making mistakes or poor coaching.
cent fit harry per
Harry is 100 per cent fit and has done well to get back so quickly.
home kids teachers theirs took
I know all the teachers were grateful. A lot of kids took theirs home because many often don't have dictionaries at home.
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.
checked collect division next plans several wildlife
They have to be checked in this year, and for at least the next several years. The wildlife division plans to collect all the carcasses.
certain good learned monday players work
Things did not work out and we will be going out on Monday to make amends. I learned a lot about certain players - some did good and some did poor.
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.
andy blame certainly coming poorly
Andy was poorly coming into game. He will be disappointed but we certainly don't blame him.
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.