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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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
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...
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...
Defence
Analizando la defensa “Rush”
Uno de los problemas mas dificiles en el Rugby moderno es la defensa Rush o Rush defence. El analista de video Nick ...
Attack
How to chase the high kick – the Springbok way
Analyst Nick Bishop spots some Springbox innovation in the Lions series of games where the pattern of play was both c...
Attack
Getting around the 'Rush' Defence
One the most difficult problems for coaches to solve in the modern game is the rush defence. Analyst Nick Bishop loo...
Set Piece
How to get the ball away from the scrum quicksand
What is the best way to avoid the scrum penalty/reset quicksand, and create usable attacking ball? Analyst Nick Bish...
Attack
How to make the pick-and-go really ‘go’
The pick-and-go is often neglected, at least in field positions outside the opposition 22. Analyst Nick Bishop takes...
Attack
Is it better to play Rugby without the ball?
The early evidence is that Test rugby is proving to be stubbornly resistant to the 2020 law changes, which were desig...
Tackling
How to chop down the attack – the Shaun Edwards way
Defence coach Shaun Edwards has been around the game of Rugby Union for a long time. He has a history of teaching a ...
