You have to at least have 3 high tackles in a game. It happened to me last night where 2 players in my team had high tackles. When the third player made the high tackle he was given a yellow card
I’m enjoying today’s update a lot better, you can put people in the pocket to kick now which is a great addition, anyone still getting pinged for offside after winning a ruck and then passing it? Anything I can do to avoid this?
@HPDISNEY Yes on the playstation if you spam square and O at the same time really fast, you should win a lot more rucks.
Hope this helps
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I think its calling offside because there is technically a player offside although not interfering with play, the game cant tell the difference. Wait for your players to retreat behind your player that won the ruck, 99% of the time you hsve to let them get tackled
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I keep collapsing the scrum for some reason.
Any ideas?
You have to get the timing down; I used to always collapse the scrum. Now I win possession 80-90% of the time on hard difficulty, fairly boring actually. You have to get the timing right. Double trigger, button to hook the ball, double trigger timed 2 times and then pass or press x on Xbox controller for number 8 carry. Even if you are perfect and you go for 3 pushes in scrum on the last phase, you will collapse the scrum, the system is somewhat broken , instead of being rewarded for great pushing on the last phase, maintaining possession and advancing meters or causing your opponent to get a penalty or collapse the scrum, you are penalized for doing a good job. Other than obtaining possession there is no point in winning a scrum. Like many things in this game, the systems seem pretty good, just implemented horribly. It’s like thinking, Rugby union game players are going to be satisfied with Rugby League type play. Not that I don’ t like league, I do, but league is league and Union is Union.
Union Rugby players want to be rewarded for a good played, scrum, or maul, by obtaining a penalty in their favor or some good meters gained on occasion.
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Many thanks my friend.
Ill give it a go.
Think i was doing one too many pushes.
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I am finding it so hard to retain the ball on easiest from rucks I am always getting turned over
This is a hard game even on lower difficulties I think we need more help if any of developers are listening
It’s not just passing it’s the rucks too
Auto rucks is my suggestion
Since today’s update, anyone know how to win rucks?
I’m smashing the square and circle buttons on PS5 and before today’s update I’d win some rucks but read that by pressing circle you win the “new way” of rucks but I can barely win any.
Any ideas?
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Its all about timing, and overwhelming your opponent when the chance is there. I rarely send in 3 players into the ruck defensively and even offensively, normally 1-2 players sometimes 0 on defense, I wait for the opportunity, when the opponent is isolated, or I get a good tackle that pushes them back. For a steal, if you get to the ruck first after a tackle its 1 press bind and 1 quick steal after, but do not hold the analog stick in any direction (this will slow down your binding), or you can bind, bind, steal this will send two in for steal or pushover, or sometimes bind, bind, bind to overwhelm when there are 1 to 2 or maybe even 3 you will do a push over sometimes if you get there first with the 3, but not guaranteed if it is 3 on 1 you normally do. Remember the offense ruck should always have an advantage all things being equal, so main thing , do not smash bind like a mad man on every breakdown phase, try to use sporadic blitzes , 1 bind, 1 steal, or 1 bind 2 steal or bind, bind, steal, or bind, bind, bind, no steal, or even sometimes bind, bind bind, steal if ruck is taking longer. Don’t use contest tackle Y it is worthless at the moment. Good luck , the rucks are working considerably better, and you can sort of feel when you will get the turnover, once you got it down. But that is what I do mostly, its test the rucks, because that is such an important part of the game. Another big note, try to defend and enter the ruck with a player that is normally good at rucking, let the AI finish the tackle sometimes and come in close with a supporting rucking player, ready to bind and steal, (this works very good if you use a good rucking player).
Chris2000 make sure you are not pressing the direction buttons or analog stick when binding players , this will delay the bind, particularly on offense. Bind first then use the analog stick when you have enough binded. I am having absolutely no problem retaining the ball on Hard difficulty with 2 evenly rated teams. But do not bind 3 every time, I think it tires your players. Many times on offense I only bind 1 or 2 depending on what the defense does. You have to always be watching what the opponent is doing at the ruck, that is what makes it fun.
Note for everyone: Rucks should be hard to turn over because rarely does the AI pass at the moment or go out wide or get isolated, so this helps them retain the ball more because they have better forward ruck support. It makes sense once they start passing out wide, or even passing more, that’s when we will get more turnovers, so turnovers should be very challenging at the moment and hard to come by.
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I tend to press O button 1,2 or 3 times then the X button once to lock on a player then the square button to steal ,
Glad that I’ve found these tips for Rugby 25 because at the moment I seem to be defending for 90% of a game and only get ball in hand if opponent AI kicks the ball to me or kicks the ball in touch…and then I get my hands on the ball for the resulting throw in. Rucks, mauls and scrums are a disaster for me!
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Hi guys, people got an update on PS5 and Xbox but I did not see anything coming on Steam ? Anyone got something on PC today ?
Can someone help with Drop goals, I press TRIANGLE but it don’t go very far 
depending on the kicker dont hold triangle button to long a light press if thats not working do the oppisite and also practice drop goals in tutorials
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Yes, this, depending on the situation , and on offense many times just add 1 or 2 for quick ball.
Although pick and go from the tackle is missing and should be added to the game.
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Me too
We need help for players like me struggling to get any possession
I tend to, when you tackle 1st press X to highlight the nearest Player press O 1,2 or 3 times depends how many you want to join the ruck (I tend to only have 1 in my own 22, then Press Square button repeatedly (don’t work all the time but gives you a better chance (do this procedure quite quickly
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Rucks…Is there any skill in winning one when defending? Or are they purely randomly coded?
Even when the AI player makes a break and gets isolated…I get a tackle in and first man to to ruck…but just can’t make a turnover.
Also NZ Npc, Russian league and maybe generic champions cup/for each continent and world club cup just to spice the career mode