Rugby (video game)

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Rugby
Rugby Cover.jpg
PlayStation 2 cover featuring English international Martin Johnson
Developer(s) Creative Assembly
Publisher(s) EA Sports
Composer(s) Jeff van Dyck
Platform(s) Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 2
ReleaseMicrosoft Windows
  • EU: 1 September 2000
PlayStation 2
  • EU: 15 June 2001
  • NA: 16 July 2001
Genre(s) Sports
Mode(s) Single-player, multiplayer

Rugby (known as EA Sports Rugby, and as Rugby 2001 in the European PC version; often mislabeled as Rugby 2002) [1] is the 2000 installment of Electronic Arts' Rugby video game series. The game was developed by Creative Assembly and published by EA Sports. The game is EA Sports' first rugby union game on Microsoft Windows and PlayStation 2, and was succeeded by Rugby 2004 . Rugby features over 20 teams, over 500 players and over 20 stadiums. The game's commentators are Bill McLaren and former England International Jamie Salmon.

Contents

The game featured the national teams who took part in the 1999 Rugby World Cup.

Reception

The PS2 version received "average" reviews according to the review aggregation website Metacritic. [4]

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