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 ability to establish a dominant maul defender is key for the defence, and as Nick Bishops details it is equally v...
Deliberately or not, there was a transmission of essential I.P from the Black Ferns RWC coach Wayne Smith ‘the Profes...
World Cups are won and lost on small but significant tactical nuances as England’s Red Roses experienced in the Women...
Nick Bishop explains What is a rugby YACKA and the important role they play in a team’s attack.
The importance of excellent backline defence was on show in the titanic contest between England and France at the Wom...
Using England’s successful Red Roses lineout Nick Bishop details 2 key features to building an effective lineout drive.
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Wayne Smith’s highly successful, and exciting, ‘where’ and ‘how’ attack clarity was very much in evidence during the ...
Nick Bishop highlights the value of the transference of knowledge between coach and a senior player to a less experie...
The Springboks recently discovered some interesting nuances of the lineout law. Nick Bishop details how they rapidly ...
Why did Australia and South Africa buck the trend and restart up the middle rather than to the corners in their recen...