And than you guys put a very small update on ps5 and it actually made the game worst and the grass suddenly looks terrible 
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Custom Competition only allows for 8 teams? I mean really guys. I want to do a comp of 10 teams, now I have to wait for further updates. What if someone wants to create their own version of the world cup with like 30 teams? Please address this urgently as well
Just played a 100 minute game (10 minute half) where the AI end the game 0-0 despite having a 10 point difference in rating. There were numerous penalties but neither ever kicked for points.
The AI never make substitutions, even for their injured players who just keep playing 100 minutes.
The game ended where the one AI scrum half passed to the referee and the ball just changed direction into the opposition playerâs hands, after which he was invulnerable and just ran through everyone and eventually over the dead ball line, because he was also unable to score a try?
The players still run out from the wrong side of the stadium and the player benches are also on the wrong side of the stadium. All of that should by by the main pavilion, which is where the tunnel tends to be and also tends to be below the broadcast camera. Please swap the players and benches to the other side of the stadium, i.e. by the main pavilion below the camera, and do not swap the camera.
Game is boring. Another 0-0 AI game on 15 minute half. One pass from the ruck and crash up. No backline play. Eventually ball turned over then other team does the same thing. Minimal tactical kicking. No kicking for points. Boring
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Is there a patch coming for Rucks and scrums? You cant win a ruck
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Donât get your hopes up
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No doubting the content, interface, graphics etcâŚgreat features. Really want this to be a brilliant game.
The gameplay in areas feels smoother than EA, but clunkier in others.
Glitches / major elements sofar:
- No player names on screen, only positions
- At some turnovers, user player will become invincible and can only stop play if scoring or running out of touch as AI wonât touch the player
- Passing icons are changing rapidly or not going to chosen player, e.g. âAâ receiving player is changing quickly, so you canât choose the right pass, or a player in between passer and receiver will take the ball instead of intended receiver
- Offsides must be switched on. User players are taking unfair advantages and AI players are getting into very awkward positions, especially the tackler after a ruck has formed
- AI mauls are not forming, user team always tackles the receiver and forms a ruck
- Scrums always going round in circles
- Game crashes on Xbox, happening when trying to change the team lineup
- Slow scrum half to ruck issue is back again in force
- Tried to play a game in Dunedin and it looked like a blue coloured nightclub, not sure what the issue is there
- Rules for kicking into touch on full from the 22 not implemented correctly, always brought back to where the kick was, regardless of the phase starting inside or outside the 22
(PC) Game crashes when:
- Entering some tutorials.
- Selecting a team when going to the individual clubs (A team named Novadari seems to cause a crash)
Game has been crashing and Iâve been mostly on the menu screens 
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Since playing.
- Selecting a quick throw in when the opposition goes into touch, opposition holds onto the ball and everything stops. Players are standing on one spot until thy kingdom come.
- Lineouts are very robotic, better animations would be appreciated. Would be nice to win an opponents lineout.
- When selecting to maul in the lineout, I always get tackled before a maul can be formed.
- Randomly being penalised for being offside when in the ruck.
- At the restart, opposition kicks the ball into touch than they were awarded a lineout.
I would rather play Rugby 22 at this point.
The game in its current state is EA7 with rules added. The gameplay is still not fun at all. Its basically a crash ball simulator. No set plays in a rugby game in 2025 is absolutely mind blowing to me. I cant even put a kicker in the pocket and put up high balls to chase which is a core part of rugby these days.
The pass selection is all over place. When I press the trigger button to pass to forwards its take ages for them to get in place and then when i switch to pass out to the backs, most of the options shown are forwards again?!
I could go on and probably will on a other post but Iâm letting my frustration out now as the game is fully released and i should rate the game on what it is now and not what its promised to be.
The game is in a state that most of us expected it to be in when it entered early access. It just still, has so much more to be done to make it even a good game, gameplay wise. Even the crowds and the general atmosphere feel dull during matchs.
The presentation is great but the gameplay in its current state is some of the worst of any rugby game as not one of the core foundations seem to be polished out.Basically NOTHING really works as it should. I said this a while back but if all you guys are going to do is tweek things then this game will never get better as most systems need a complete rework.
Im sorry for being so negative but as a full release title with all the competitions and teams acquired, it truly feels like the top dogs wanted to make the best looking rugby game as opposed to the best rugby game.
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I never got the chance to play the early access but I followed along via YouTubers but today I finally got my hands on the game. I have played quite a few games now in between some crashes. The game I have found to be enjoyable but at times frustrating.
I have like many others encountered the passes not going to my intended target but instead to the touch judge or the dirt. I also find it annoying that I can be tackled quite easily by an offside AI player killing any momentum Iâve gained. The issue which I witnessed during the early access where anyone was taking on the role as a scrum half seems to have returned. I have also been playing some career mode but encountered when I confirm my team none of the changes actually happen so when I play as Scarlets my whole bench is backs and therefore my forwards are fatigued to the point they arenât useable by the end of the game. It also feels the only way to make any ground is to just pick and go with the scrum half (or whoever is there) and hope for the best. These are just some of the negatives I have noticed but many others have already been noted within the forum. I hate to write solely about the negatives but there are many negatives that I feel need fixing before I could confidently say this game is the finished product. I understand you guys at BA have but many hours of work into this game and Iâm sure the rugby gaming community thanks you for this and I hope in the weeks and months to come this game becomes one of the best if not the best rugby game we have seen. Thanks again guys!
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Game wonât seem to launch on Steam Deck anymore
Decision to release will have been made by nacon not big ant.
I doubt theyâre happy.
I doubt they had a choice
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This is whar worrys me. Nacon will have pushed it out as they cant sustain the EA without further funds. But sales will certainly be impacted with how poor it is at launch. How long before Nacon pull the plug? Then all these licences will be locked away for however many years until another developer and publisher can aquire them and weâre back to square one for rugby gaming
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these player ratings are so far off. how is lotu inisi rated 72. kyren taumoefolau is one of the fastest players in super rugby and he has 80 speed. are u guys just making these stats up
Aye concerns me too, the lack of progress in ea and awful state of the game makes me think the game will end up being a 5/10 at the most.
Not worried about licenses. Nice feature to have but really couldnât care less about them
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Erm. Im disappointed.
Firstly, i have a pretty good pc, i play everything on max settings. I played EA with no issues. But this full version i am getting 15 fps? I now have to tweak my grass settings!?
Positive. The presentation. The game looks amazing.
Negatives. Not sure where to start. Many of the same issues from EA, the rucks: this rucking system, we have talked about this since EA1, the lineouts: cannot compete, passing: going behind players, often to nobody.
Not sure what the hell is happening with offsides with almost every turnover, incorrect kickers, player names/positions incorrect.
Ai making stupid decisions, multiple penalties in my 22 at 0-0 and kicking for touch. Why are they not kicking at goal. Ai down 7-3 with the clock in the red and they kick it out? One up running, why will they never spread it wide?
I played RWC2011 last night so i could compare on this release. You cant compare, its literally not even close.
I will continue to support rugby 25 and big ant, but im baffled. This game was supposed to release in 2023. With big boss Ross apparently playing this in his office? Its now 2 years later, after 8 months of EA and i still feel like we dont have a game that represents the sport.
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Anyone able to filter players for create a team? Or select players? Because I canât.
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The licences in this game will have a knock on effect though. Say for example in a couple of years time EA decide they want to make a rugby game, theyd have to pay nacon etc to be able to relinquish their deal on the licences. Whilst EA have a lot of money to spend they would be less inclined to make a game that they have to spend more than they need to, and wont release an unlicenced game, so we might have to wait years for another entry. This is of course assuming 1) this game dies and 2) the licence agreement in place is for multiple years (likely)
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Springboks players not being Licensed Garbage Game looks trash People could not even get the game right for release
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Super odd how we now have a game that has graphics and presentation 200% better than rugby 22 and gameplay that is 200% worse than rugby 22. How on earth did this happen? It seems like some of the team worked their asses off⌠and I feel bad for them. This has been in development for so long and it is truly shocking. Nothing that would obviously make a rugby game fun is included in this game. So, so, so bizarre. When I boot it up and look at how pretty it is I get so excited, and then play it and ugh⌠just baffling.
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I am still hopeful they can do something with this. I am shocked for sure, but who knows what they can do moving forward. I am definitely going to support this effort and have no intentions of refunding anything. Please just keep at it big ant, half the game is absolutely unreal compared to what weâve had before. Just need to find a way to make it more complex and enjoyable.
I find it hard to find any news of what is happening, does anyone know of another patch or anything coming?
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@MattW & @RossSymons and the BA Team.
I have been part of the EA group since the start, I really had high hopes that the game would improve on full release. Sadly apart from the few aesthetics, the game hasnât changed much. I hope that we will still see some major updates to get things fixed. Most have already mentioned all the major things, I have a small list below of things that still hasnât been fixed since EA. Please look into these:
- FPS is always below 60 now.
- Grass looks terrible.
- Home team still runs out first before away team.
- Penalty kicks for goal gets taken by random players (forwards and backs)
- High tackles that will clearly be red in real life seems normal and doesnât even get a penalty or yellow at least.
- Quick throw ins happen automatically
- Cant mark the ball in your 22 area. (I picked up for a few EA this wasnât working anymore)
- 50/22 rules does not work.
- Scrum half does not get penalized for being offside. But random offside get blown on turnovers.
- When scrum half is at the ruck, you cannot play the ball, because he waits for another player to act as the scrum half.
- Had an injury after the 80th min that just stopped the game.
- The one team I played with was the Bulls, the logo on the kit was two colors which isnât correct .
Like I mentioned these are just small things I picked up and most of them was issues in EA already. I wont go into player positioning, running lines and rucks etc. I think you know it is not where it should be. I just hope a decent patch is not too far away.
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