I do observe it, but sometimes a centre is the closest man and after a good line break and things being a bit more fragmented a back or two is needed.
Sorry mate, but backs do Ruck and some forwards have pace and hands as good as centres.
This game just doesn’t capture modern rugby……
Rugby 06-08 had the balance right of backs in and backs not in the rucks.
We are decades past that and sorry, I am not praising a bad implementation of the game when it isn’t correct.
It is painfully obvious this is a game made by lovers and enthusiasts of rugby league who haven’t had much exposure to union or union games
just to add to my mini latest update review earlier, not oinly do i only watch AI vs AI, but i am very new to Rugby itself, and hoped to learn how Rugby works in real life from the game, so not a great plan of mine that was it !
But the AI passing seems like what ive seen in just a few International Union games in real life now, or at least its better, as for the realism of Rucks/Mauls and the positioning of players, I am clueless as to how it should be, but i see many organic animations happening, and so as olhers have said at various tiomes since the EA times, this game has a good base underneath it and once they get all the systems working correctly, if they ever do…and give us sliders, i am sure with my limited Rugby knowledgge that this will finally go full circle and be a repsected game
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Can we please be able to add the real players to custom teams, lions series coming up and I want to make the lions team.
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People need to move on from their nostalgia for Rugby 06 and Rugby 08. Rugby Challenge 1-4 was made with passion by rugby union fans, yet it faced constant criticism. It was a great series with so much potential but stopped making rugby games due to this exact reason (constant criticism). Let’s support BA and help them create the best rugby game possible!
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It isn’t unjust to comment on mechanics not being correct when the developer promised the level of rugby experience they did……
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Same as last week… Still EA… When Patch ?
I’m just sad at this point lol
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Ok…I’ll second your comment regarding backs should be allowed to join ruck. however I would like them to consider it carefully, so that we don’t get next week’s update and they join excessively again, so please BA, modern rugby…backs do join rucks but not 3 at a time and not at the cost of a good opperating backline. More specific… less the flyhalf, definitely not the scrumhalf, more the centres and little less the wings because we would like them situated on the left and right touchline where they belong
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There are quite a few comments where people are stating that in modern rugby backs enter rucks when they are the closest player to the ruck.
This is true but a lot of teams do their very best not to have the 10 in them, and if they can avoid it, the 9 and possibly the 15.
I think when people were asking not to have so many backs in the rucks, they generally seemed ok with the 11 12 13 & 14 being in there if necessary.
Of course whenever there is a situation that a key back like a 10 ends up in a ruck then the appropriate backup player comes into that receiving position, in the case of a 10, then that would usually be 12 or 15.
I appreciate what Big Ant are trying to do here, as they are trying to bring a cohesive structure to the game rather than anyone in any old position as it has been broadly up to now. I’m sure if necessary there could be still some refinements to which players enter rucks in subsequent patches.
We need to remember how immensely complicated rugby is compared to something like rugby league which has less variables in relation to where players can be involved. In rugby league it’s a lot easier to program as it is just a repetitive series of runs and tackles and players resuming their formation. Rucks make things incredibly difficult for programming and I do think overall they are attempting to get the balance right.
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Two button system should be implemented 1 button adds nearest player, one button adds nearest forward.
Would dovetail nicely with correct implementation of pods and attacking formations.
A pipe dream at this stage
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100% agreement mate, not saying every back should fly in, but if they are the first one or second one on the scene they should be going in.
And we both agree it shouldn’t be the 9 or ten as those guys would be the ones who do what the game is doing in real life situations.
The big issue is every update is all or nothing with these things, it is never balanced.
They need to spend time watching the actual sport as we still have the awful and far too often seen in this game, rugby league style high shot tackle that would see so penalties given in union.
The fact we see it so often is another sign that the influence of rugby league is still too high for me.
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There is still the one clear and obvious issue after this patch. AI do not pass, cause any attacking threat, unable to score and can barely hold onto the ball after 1 phase. Game still unplayable. If they continue to ignore this issue the game will never be playable mo matter how many other changes they make. I play hardest on ps5. I redownloaded the game when i saw patch notes like a fool 
turned it off after 1 match when i was winning 24 - 0 after playing it for 2 mins.
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Now now…dont lie😂the AI do pass a lot more, at least on PC’s update. However,most of the time the first reciever is getting the ball too deep,causing the backline to stall. Whenever(happens very rarely)they do receive the ball in the right position, they do make plenty of ground and get some decent 2, 3 passes away
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#FreeValhalla
#whenreasonablegane
#AnnounceRugby27
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Tried the last patch on pc. The game is more unplayable then earlier. It’s useless to write down why and what to improve, I don’t know what to say anymore.
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Maybe improve your skills, because game is much better than previous update😂
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I saw very little passing from the AI on PC on hardest to be fair. A couple of times and it was not great.
They cannot score still unless it is from a random bug which is still almost never, games still finish 50 or more to nil most of the time unless you use an underpowered team.
If they are making ground against you, maybe it is you who needs to improve your skills? 
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I saw no change in passing and no attacking threat whatsoever.
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#Valhalla must fall
LOL, don’t be silly, I’m a GOAT in this game. It’s mainly because people don’t embrace and allow the AI to play as well, just want to go bang bang, try try try all the time, give the AI some gametime my man, you’d be surprised what they can do with some continued possession
