Nearly a good rugby simulation

User Rating: 7.5 | Rugby 2005 PS2
Rugby 2005 is nearly a great rubgy game, it misses key things in the game of rugby which rugby fans and players would notice instantly when they begin playing.

It has alot of teams to choose from play as your country, state, and even some cases your city. As far as I can see it includes ever Internation, state and city team that I know of.

The gameplay is solid and good, yet it misses some key features that is a huge part of rugby such as offloading in a tackle, which if you could do would add so much more action and excitment to the game, as a sigle off load can lead to a try just like that.
It is generally good but passing is awful slow and it feels like its delayed by like 2 seconds, which can absolutely become a total pain.

The kicking is realistic and the ball bouncing physics are another good feature.

If you liek the game of rugby or feel like learning a bit about it then this game is for you, just cant wait for the next one!