Attack
How to find the right roles for twin number 10’s
Most number 10’s are either strategist/game-managers or they are instinctive ball-players. Nick Bishop looks at how ...
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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
Attack
What does good multi-phase offence look like?
You do not have to win the lion’s share of collisions in order to play winning attacking rugby., It is still possible...
Kicking
Why the ‘droppie’ may be coming back into fashion!
Nick Bishop details how drop goals like George Ford’s are a simple and risk-free method of keeping the scoreboard tic...
Kicking
How to beat the pressure with both feet
However rare the genuinely ambidextrous may be, it is still important for rugby players at all levels to cultivate th...
Set Piece
How to control the game with an accurate exit strategy
Nick Bishop balances the Exit Strategy ledger outlining the exiting in the case the All Blacks dominate their exit st...
Attack
How to win the #15/ #9 battle from midfield scrums
Law changes frequently have repercussions, or send out impact ripples well beyond the original intention – for better...
Tackling
Why one ‘knee equals two feet’ against the high tackle
The solution is to drop body-height quickly and dramatically, and get at least one knee to the ground immediately. Ni...
Attack
Why teams are feeling the need – the need for speed – at the scrum base [part 2]
Nick Bishop highlights how the new law-trial requiring the defending scrum-half to drop back rather than chase up bey...
Attack
How to design and develop a ‘gadget’ move from lineout
Innovation can be the genuine discovery of something completely new, but far more often it represents the improvement...
Set Piece
How to control the opposition exit strategy, and play the game in the right areas of the field
Fine-tuning your own exit strategy, and pressurizing the exit strategy of the opposition is the most reliable way of ...
