Pat Howard Quotes

"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."

"This is pretty exciting from my perspective, and I know many trappers who also are excited."

"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."

"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."