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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...
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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
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 ...
Attack
Why have the top teams stopped kicking for goal?
It may just be the end of an era. The days of the penalty goal as the primary means of scoring in Rugby may be coming...
Breakdown
Decisions favouring the Tackler
Following on from last week’s article, Nick takes a look at the different set of refereeing priorities which emerged ...
Breakdown
Why the English Premiership is ahead of the game
It is not often that you can say, with confidence, that the UK is leading the world in rugby innovation. It is happe...
Attack
How to use late movement on attack close to the ruck
While a great deal of time is spent, and rightly so, on improving the speed of ball delivery from a ruck, it is just ...
Defence
What is the best defence at lineouts?
There are always plenty of ongoing debates on lineout defence. Analyst Nick Bishop considers the rationale for each d...
Attack
Is there a Renaissance in French rugby
On and off the field, French rugby appears to be in a Renaissance with 2 teams contesting the 2021 Champions cup fina...
