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
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.
hard harry quickly start testament worked
Harry is 100-per-cent fit, and he has done really well to get back as quickly as he has. At the start of the week, he wasn't really in my plans, but he has worked exceptionally hard and I think it is a testament to his work ethic.
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I don't want to get carried away on this subject because Tom is a work in progress, but if the circumstances were right he could play Test rugby today.
against capable dragons respect simplicity win
We respect them, they know what they're doing and if we play like we did against the Dragons we'll lose. If we play anything like we know we're capable of we'll win - that's the simplicity of it sometimes.
fight played until win
We have a real win with Brett. We want him to fight for a place until the end of the season. He has played well this season.
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,
bit bristol changes result taught
I think it was important to make changes going into the Bristol match, but in a way that result has taught us a bit of a lesson.
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.
dealing few guys injuries sure
We are dealing with a few injuries and a few guys we are not sure if they will get through or not.
great last likely three win
We know if we win our last three games, then it's pretty likely we will be second. It is great to have things under your control.
bring case minutes second yellow
We didn't bring him back on in case he got a second yellow card. He was so enthusiastic after being out for so long and we were only going to give him 50 minutes anyway.
career deal hoping next role satisfy trying
We are really hoping he will be around next season. We are trying to deal with this part of his career and afterwards. We are trying to get a role that would satisfy both.
full gradual minutes played
It has been a gradual build-up for Julian, and all part of integrating him in. He played 20 minutes, then 40 minutes and now a full game,