Pat Howard Quotations

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.

It will be a physical game, but I hope it's a pretty clean game. Alan Lewis refereed our game against Clermont and we've been in contact with him. Any issues we raised he had seen already, so I expect him to be the professional he is.

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.

Harry will have a small operation. I think he is likely to be out for a couple of weeks, and hopefully nothing too bad will show up.

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.

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.

Harry is 100 per cent fit and has done well to get back so quickly.

It really wasn't conducive to senior-center activities because you couldn't have multiple activities at the same time.

I don't think there's anyone going out there who hasn't started a first-team game. They have all had enough experience so the guys can say 'I should not be intimidated by this level and now I have to make an impression'.

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.