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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

Attack
Is the full-back position about to get up-sized? Part 1

Kicking ability out of hand and off the tee is this week’s focus in the 1st of 2 articles, as Analyst Nick Bishop loo...

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over 4 years ago · 0 comments
News & Opinions
How to swing for the fences: goal-kicking and the golf game

How are the golf swing and goal kick connected? Analyst Nick Bishop looks at the effect top golf and kicking coach D...

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over 4 years ago · 0 comments
TRS Español
La razon por la que el contra-ruck esta ganando valor en defensa

En el Rugby Championship 2021, el contraruck tuvo un resurgimiento inesperado siendo el cambio de leyes un desfibrila...

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almost 5 years ago · 0 comments
Attack
Why the modern maverick 10 must be able to multi-task

Since the introduction of the new guidelines at the tackle area in June 2020 and the production of increasingly quick...

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almost 5 years ago · 0 comments
Breakdown
Why the counter-ruck is gaining currency on defence

In the recently-concluded Rugby Championship, the counter-ruck responded positively to the jolt given by the law-maki...

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almost 5 years ago · 0 comments
Attack
Why kicking for the posts has taken on a new meaning

The new rules around goal-line dropouts may already have some subtle, but far-reaching effects as Nick Bishop details...

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almost 5 years ago · 0 comments
TRS Español
Cómo cambio el ataque de los All Blacks desde 2019?

En la copa del mundo 2019, los All Blacks utilizaron el mismo sistema de ataque que no funciono vs Inglaterra en la s...

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almost 5 years ago · 0 comments
Attack
How has the All Blacks attack changed since 2019?

At the 2019 RWC the All Blacks ran the same attack and came unstuck against England in the semi final. analyst Nick B...

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almost 5 years ago · 0 comments
Set Piece
How to create breathing space for the lineout drive

By holding the receiver in the air for as long as possible, the receiving team forces the kick-chase either to mistim...

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almost 5 years ago · 0 comments
Coaches Corner
Is the goal-line drop-out more important than the 50/22?

Restarting the game from underneath your own posts makes a huge territorial difference, compared to a drop-out from y...

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almost 5 years ago · 0 comments