58 Quotes by Pat Howard

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.

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.

We are dealing with a few injuries and a few guys we are not sure if they will get through or not.

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.

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,

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.

We've got a big game on our hands.

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.

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.