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
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,
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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.
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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.
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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.
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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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I am sure the pride of the Clermont players will be strong at home.
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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.