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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
Fine margins at No.7 – the two halves of Sam Cane in the 3rd TestThe margins between winning and losing Test matches are very fine, and nowhere is this axiom truer than in the actions and decision-making of the open-side flanker. This week Nick Bishop reflects on Sam Cane’s 3rd test performance as he steps up as Richie McCaw’s No.7 replacement.
How did Eddie Jones unlock Wales?Eddie Jones is coaching England against Australia but leading rugby analyst Nick Bishop shows how his Attack off 9 module unlocks Wales’ defence in recent matches.
Lessons from Eden Park - Conrad SmithLeading rugby analyst, Nick Bishop explains how the use of basic hands and the miss-pass, (as shown in the 2nd module of Conrad Smith’s series) both had a key role to play in two of the All Blacks’ tries against Wales at Eden Park.
Contesting your own High BallHigh balls and contesting them is an increasing part of the modern game. This week leading writer Nick Bishop, looks at ways teams contest them to turn into attack.
Counter attack from Practice to ExecutionTRS welcomes English writer Nick Bishop’s first article, which provides an excellent analysis of how one of the tries of the 6 Nations, by Stuart Hogg, is straight out of Wayne Smith’s Counter Attack modules.
