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
The challenge facing the All Blacks’ coaching staff and players after the previous Pumas match was to reverse the per...
During their recent Rugby Championship match, the Argentenian scrum had the All Black’s scrum in a real ‘Bind’ as Nic...
The lineout drive is a more robust, manageable platform for set-piece attack than the scrum, especially if the short-...
It is no coincidence that the recent upswing in France’s international fortunes have coincided with Edwards’ arrival ...
Much of the innovation in the English game has been derived from Exeter. Again, their coaches are not afraid to quest...
There is still a place for the small man in what is fast becoming a very big man’s game and how rugby is better them ...
Nick Bishop illustrates how the halfback is beginning to accrue ever greater importance as a defender folding to cove...
Nick Bishop completes the lineout attack options against defensive ‘joints’ through the middle with The ‘Teabag’ and ...
What do you do when you have established a lineout position deep inside the opposition 22 but don’t have a physical a...
Antes del comienzo del torneo de las 6 Naciones 2019, Eddie Jones realliza un par de declaraciones que encienden un g...