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
Removing the ‘glove defence’ results in a much cleaner and quicker development of the play, as evidenced by Nick Bish...
Analyst Nick Bishop illustrates how the ‘use it or lose it’ mindset now applied (under the new law), to “The ball is ...
Nick follows on from his earlier article on how the scrum has now became a favourite weapon of attack and the short-s...
The ‘Dupont’ law tweaks have already had a concrete impact on the value of the kick return, one which totally belies ...
Get creative with your limitations, to turn them into a strength appears yo be Rassie Erasmus’ Springboks mantra as N...
Nick Bishop evaluates the possible effect of the new ELV – shielding of the attacking scrum-half from interference at...
With LQB at such a premium, Nick Bishop examines whether ball-placement after the tackle is a more reliable method of...
Nick Bishop provides some insights on the effect the new ‘5 second use it at the ruck’ rule will have on the game.
One of the latest trial laws insists that it will no longer be possible to choose a scrum from a free-kick. Nick Bish...
When things do not always work out as planned at the modern breakdown you need to apply some R&R. Nick Bishop ex...