Nick Bishop
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About Nick Bishop
Nick has worked as a rugby analyst and advisor to Graham Henry (1999-2002), Mike Ruddock (2004-2006) and latterly Stuart Lancaster (2011-2015). He also worked on the 2001 British & Irish Lions tour to Australia and produced his first rugby book with Graham Henry at the end of the tour. Since then, three more rugby books have followed, all of which of have either been nominated for, or won national sports book awards. The latest is a biography of Phil Larder, the first top Rugby League coach to successfully transfer over to Union. It is entitled “The Iron Curtain”. Nick has also written or contributed to four other books on literature and psychology.
“He is currently writing articles for The Roar and The Rugby Site, and working as a strategy consultant to Stuart Lancaster and the Leinster coaching staff for their European matches.”
Nick Bishop's latest articles
Is the breakdown cleanout NFL blocking by another name? Nick Bishop provides some weight to Offensive Linemen techniq...
The new trial laws brought in on 1st August 2021 not only increased the effective attacking width of the field with t...
The 50/22 kick is beginning to grow in value as the different scenarios in which it can be an Attack option are recog...
A prop in the back field returning kicks in Australia Super rugby one week and in then the 6 Nations the next! Nick ...
Why is defence and the kicking game so important? Analyst Nick Bishop explains why and how its lead to constructing ...
The most basic version of attacking in the professional era is the so-called ‘same-way’ or ‘around the corner’ attack...
How to successfully pressure the box? Nick Bishop illustrates how teams are now finding ways to pressure the box kick...
Ball playing tight forwards are the ones creating space in which their backs can flourish. Analyst Nick Bishop detail...
‘Tactical Periodization’ is becoming a popular phrase in the sporting vocabulary. What is it? How is being effectivel...
The times they are a-changing, and peels from the lineout are no longer confined to the open-side of the field. Nick ...