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
coral dead meets red safe saying version
They're the safe version of the coral snake. The saying is when red meets yellow, you're a dead fellow. When red meets black, you're OK, Jack.
carried progress rugby subject test tom work
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.
capable simplicity
If we play anything like we know we are capable of, we will win. That is the simplicity of it sometimes.
obviously trying
Jim's obviously not very happy, but he understands what we're trying to do,
andy blame certainly coming poorly
Andy was poorly coming into game. He will be disappointed but we certainly don't blame him.
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.
players pride strong sure
I am sure the pride of the Clermont players will be strong at home.
exciting perspective
This is pretty exciting from my perspective, and I know many trappers who also are excited.
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.
composure kept okay took
We took our opportunities and kept our composure - we are okay with the result.
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.
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.
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.
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.