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Rugby League

NRL Rugby League is a New Zealand-developed rugby sports game in the tradition of console based sports titles. It features 30 licensed teams, several major leagues and interantional test matches, 25 realistic…

9 December 2003

Rugby League is a sport developed by Sidhe Interactive, released 9 December 2003 on PlayStation 2, Xbox and PC (Microsoft Windows).

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What Rugby League is

Rugby League is a sport game developed by Sidhe Interactive and released in 2003. It was published by Tru Blu Entertainment. It is available on PlayStation 2, Xbox and PC (Microsoft Windows).

The premise, in the publisher's words

NRL Rugby League is a New Zealand-developed rugby sports game in the tradition of console based sports titles. It features 30 licensed teams, several major leagues and interantional test matches, 25 realistic stadiums, commentary by Andrew Voss, variable weather conditions, and all the action on the field you would expect from a game based on the sport, including advanced moves such as offloads, fend offs, side steps and dummy passes. You can create your own players, teams and competitions, with detailed statistics, and you have to take injuries, sin bins and send offs into account.
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How it plays

It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Single player and Split screen.

What it launched against

Rugby League launched on 9 December 2003, within three weeks of Fatal Frame II: Crimson Butterfly, Manhunt, Project Gotham Racing 2 and Deus Ex 2: Invisible War.

Released around the same time: Fatal Frame II: Crimson Butterfly, Manhunt, Project Gotham Racing 2, Deus Ex 2: Invisible War.

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When did Rugby League come out?
Rugby League was released on 9 December 2003 for PlayStation 2, Xbox and PC (Microsoft Windows).

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