Coupling the sterling front end and options with a great control system and well-received gameplay meant that 08 was the game rugger buggers had been waiting for and went down better than a half naked drunken sing song with the boys. The 2007 release was masterminded by HB Studios, featured a huge array of licenced players, teams, stadia and music, and was packed with features and modes to tinker around with. Which is a shame really, because as a sport Rugby Union is highly popular and as a major sporting event the egg-chasing World Cup is arguably the third largest affair in world sports, behind its Football counterpart and the Olympic games.
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In fact, you would have to cast your mind back to Rugby 08 for PlayStation 2 and Windows, which was hastily released by EA to coincide with the 2007 World Cup, for the last time gamers had an opportunity to have a decent ruck in front of the telly. Rugby has never really been well represented in the videogame medium, with more bankable sports like Football, gridiron and even pub based arrow-fest Darts receiving more of a look-in on the current generation of high-powered mega consoles. Available on: PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 (Reviewed on PlayStation 3)