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
In most instances the touchline is usually the defence’s best friend’. However, as Nick Bishop points out there are ...
Before the start of the ground-breaking Super Rugby Aotearoa competition in 2020, a host of stringent new breakdown p...
The new breakdown laws have resulted in more kicking especially from the No 9. This week Analyst Nick Bishop looks a...
Like the Receiving team, the Attacking team can also take advantage of the kick-off ‘hang time’ as Nick Bishop highli...
Why have today’s scrums resulted in more penalties and less usable ball than in amateur rugby days. And it is not due...
Locating the spare defender is the short-hand for deciding the direction of attack on the next play. In this week’s ...
The concept of hang-time can be used as a strategy by both the kicking and the receiving team on restarts as Nick Bis...
Restarts are one of the biggest momentum-changers in the game of Rugby. In the recent Tri-Nations series in the game...
The hold-up tackle is still very much on the cutting edge of team’s defences. Analyst Nick Bishop looks at how it has...