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
If the notion of creativity can be summarized in one word, that word would be ‘vision’. Better peripheral awareness a...
In his latest article analyst Nick Bishop uses Victor Matfield’s excellent Lineout series to helps illuminate the pro...
Lineout defence is one of the most important single aspects of defence as a whole. Analyst Nick Bishop explains how ...
How do you find the spaces which Townsend claims are always there, at times when the defence is still likely to be co...
What happens in the time and space after a break has been made is just as important, if not more so, than the initial...
In 2nd of the current pair of articles, Analyst Nick Bishop highlights how the All Blacks adjusted their attack to br...
En la ronda 11 del Super Rugby 2018, los Jaguares alcanzaron su primera victoria histórica en suelo neozelandés, y lo...
In the recent 1st test of the series, the contest between New Zealand’s wide attack and the French defence of the sam...
In the modern professional era, it is no longer enough to rely on one or two players – typically the numbers 9 and 10...
In round 11 of Super Rugby 2018, the Jaguares achieved their first landmark win on New Zealand soil, and they did on ...