Coaching Career
Howells was assistant coach to the Wales national rugby union team under Graham Henry during the 1999 Rugby World Cup and took over as caretaker head coach for the 2001 Wales tour to Japan whilst Henry was touring as coach of the British and Irish Lions.
Howells also coached Pontypridd (twice) and Cardiff, Celtic Warriors and the Italian side, Leonessa.
In September 2006 Howells was appointed coach to Edinburgh Rugby but was sacked in August 2007 after a management restructuring and took up the Head Coach position at Doncaster Knights. On 14 January 2012 he was announced as the new manager of the Romania national rugby union team, a position that he will occupy provisionally up to the end of the last stage of the 2010-12 European Nations Cup First Division. If results are deemed satisfactory he will be offered a long-term contract.
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