Almost spot on.

User Rating: 9 | Rugby 2005 PS2
Was glad to see a great improvement over the 2004 version here. For the mostpart the gameplay is pretty darn good and graphics are just fantastic. The choice of teams is incredible, whoever your favourite team is its likely to be there. Europe, Asia,Africa, wherever(even the U.S.!). they're all represented. I play the All Black usually thats my favs. They're the reason I got this game. There are a couple of spots where the load times could be faster and I don't like the default camera. but all in all its a pretty great game and is every bit as good a football game as Madden is for American football.
the learning curve might be a little longer for someone who is new to the game of rugby, but there are interactive training modes to teach a newbie and Ian Robertson's comments during the games are easy to understand.