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 first cleanout support player is a critical decision-maker as Laurie Fisher points out in his Breakdown Attack se...
It is like a pitcher in Baseball trying to hit the corner of the plate, there is only a small front window. Nick Bish...
The premium on excellent skills at the breakdown is becoming more important, especially for a club with a positive ba...
Nick Bishop details the key ingredient that led to England’s upset 6N win over 6 to 1 favourite and Grand Slam-elect ...
Super Rugby Pacific have dumped World Rugby’s “Dupont’s Law” for their 2024 competition. As Nick Bishop details using...
The driving lineout is fast becoming the most creative source of offensive thinking in the professional game. Using t...
The best attacking teams in the current era never take the apparent space they are offered on the edge without checki...
Whatever the pattern of defence, every player needs to be on the same page in terms of their attitudes and adjustment...
If your charges can learn to run one play exceptionally well, you will force opponents to adjust to it – and that wil...
Nick Bishop looks at how leading teams are creating multiple threats early in the phase-count, and sustaining those t...