Don't believe the professional reviewers out there. This game is a diamond in the rough. If you love your league, buy it
This game has one of the steepest learning curves I've encountered in a sports game. Medium difficult is way harder than hard and you feel like the deck has been stacked against you and it can be very frustrating and make you focus on the negatives. But if you stick with this game, you'll find it to be one of the deepest Rugby gaming experiences since JLR.
So don't believe the official reviewers. Their understanding of Rugby League is superficial and their attempts to learn to play the game are clearly farcical. All they've done is look at the package and assigned it a low score because the graphics aren't pretty, the modes are meagre and after the hour they played it for they basically only succeeded in getting their ass kicked. In short, they don't know what they're talking about.