Big hit ratio at 6% in the custom difficulty but every set there is a big hit that knocks the ball loose…
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Is anyone able to tell me what the ‘Adjusted State Of Origin match settings’ and ‘Adjusted NRLW Finals match settings’ did from the January 7th update?
I had a quick play this afternoon but didn’t notice anything different. I was hoping the correct, or at least more appropriate, field markings had been updated, but alas I saw nothing different.
I’m a huge fan of the Madden NFL series so I’d love to see the madden interception camera switch added to Rugby League 26.
When a pass is intercepted in Madden, the game briefly freezes and switches to the interceptor pov before control resumes.
When an interception happens in Rugby League 26, the camera spins in real time, so you end up having to spin your inputs to match the camera and you can’t really grasp the defensive line in time. It feels clunky and unintuitive.
I’m hoping the game adds something similar, most of the time I keep the camera on ‘Fixed’ so I don’t lose control when I make an interception.
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Can anyone confirm, can the ten online wins be gotten in pro team or am I wasting my time?? I’m up past ten now and the achievement hasn’t unlocked. Secondly why am I getting penalised for tackle off the ball every time I intercept?? I’m nowhere near the man. I seem to be getting a ridiculous amount of tough calls online tbh. Charge down the kick.. penalty. Opponent messes up and the ball hits the floor.. knock on against me.. what?? Happens every. Single. Game. Big league fan but this game is in such a bad state unfortunately
**JNT_BA**Admin Do any of the sliders increase the probability of multiple players getting involved in the tackle. It seems many moons ago on past patches the AI and the user could get a second or third tackler involved in a struggle tackle earlier. This is particularly important on the Try line. Nothing less satisfying in the game then the struggle drive/hitup over the try line while the defending player both on USER controlled side and AI controlled side team is standing around, when there is a struggle tackle like this and there are defenders within a meter of the play, they really should get involved to help to prevent the try put down, or minimize meters gained away from the try line. Is there a specific button combination that helps get more defensive players involved. In past patch versions it seemed like the side scroll left shoulder button helped to get another defensive player or 2 involved but this seems to be no longer the case. Are there any sliders that would increase this? This is my biggest gripe with the game. The rest of the game is playing fairly well, but this particular thing really does ruin the game for me.
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There still seems to be some issues with the passing or running lines of receiver’s as always seem to be doubling back or not going with the flow.
Also seems when players are getting back in position it screws up the set play or when passing as seems to pick the odd players.
Like why in the hell would I pass to players going off to the bench or coming back, but the AI seems to love picking them as first option.
The game although more playable now still feels broken at the core elements.
Passing - needs to be predictable so you know whos getting the ball and what line they are picking. Offloads can be in this catagory too as when animation starts for tackle breaks the offload is void, late, early or poo. Dont want to be a sports game just waiting for your turn between animations.
Lines of running - needs to be flater and hitting holes or on the drift, just seems its still madness. Intuition is dead as dont know what my player will do or the receiver options.
Hand off - this would be better as way more reactive as hardly ever happens but maybe more of a hold option of defenders coming across but feels like a lottery if buttons react.
Animation trigger timing - the space between defender and attacker to trigger an animation needs reducing as if I pass to not get tackled the defender beats the ball to the receiver. Or if I try to draw the animation for tackle gets triggered. Maybe this timing is the problem as opposed to passing speed, as if can reactively tackle or pass makes it a skill aspect not a programing problem.
Does anyone else have an issue where Career Mode ignores your difficulty settings?
I’ve got my settings set to Custom, but when I start a Career Mode match it switches to Rookie. Even if I change it back mid-game, it still feels much easier than it should definitely easier than Play Now on the same difficulty.
I’m on Xbox and this happens all the time. I’ve set it to Legendary, but the gameplay still feels like Rookie. Really frustrating, and I can’t believe this still hasn’t been fixed.
Anyone found a workaround or know what’s causing it?
Are the rosters getting updated for the 2026 season?
Has anyone noticed the footy points are severely depleted after playing a game? Instead of the usual 8500-9600 I’ve been getting 1600-1800? Or is this a deliberate thing? I’ve created a ticket a couple of days ago but if this is deliberate can I ask why?
I was wondering that recently, but I was moreso wondering if/when the 2026 jerseys will be available. And if we get to have the 2025 ones as an option as well.
For a game titled ‘2026’, you’d like to think it will look like the 2026 season … Hopefully before the end of the season!
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Just wondering as the season approaches if there will be a 2026 update with logos, playing strips and 2026 draw when you start career mode. Would be a great addition even if it was a small fee to download
Shouldn’t be an extra fee to download this kind of thing. Rugby League ‘26’ should feature all the details of the 2026 season from which this game bases itself on.
2026 squads
2026 jerseys
2026 logos
2026 season fixtures
If / when this happens, personally, I’m hoping that the 2025 versions are still also in the game as options to choose from (particularly jerseys).
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I played a game on the weekend, the NRLW Grand Final. My five-eight, getting close to the tryline, dives early to avoid getting tackled by the fullback. I play the game with the behind view, so I dove, saw it being very close, and the ref signal the try. Great. But my prop was awarded the try. So I checked the replay.
Five-eight odds on to score, dives early.
Seems like she’s going to slide over the line.
LOSES the ball short.
It then rolls over the tryline, and my prop dives on it to score the try.
The ref gave it.
Even though it’s my team that scored it, it was a quirky one. I’m glad it wasn’t scored against me, especially in a GF if the game was tight (it wasn’t … my team was up by plenty at the time), but I’ve not seen this happen before.
Just wondering
• Are the 2026 team lists going to be fully updated (transfers, rookies, mid-season moves etc)?
• Any stadium name changes coming? (Sponsorship deals change pretty quick these days.)
• Will we see the new 2026 jerseys added in?
• And are there any updates planned for the crowd chants / atmosphere?
I’ve been playing a lot of Cricket 26, and the way they’ve added interviews, crowd reactions, and extra atmosphere stuff really makes it feel alive. Would love to see Rugby League 26 get that same treatment — especially with team-specific chants and bigger game vibes.
Game’s got a solid base, just keen to know what’s coming next 
Cheers!
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@JNT_BA why have fends been removed?
I can still fend in my games.
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When are we getting the new rosters and updated leagues the uk season has started, the Aussie league is about to start, same for the women’s. I’m bored of using players who either don’t play for a specific team anymore or who have retired. Might just be the tism
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I had set my sliders and made them perfect, the game was pretty fun again, one of the recent updates or a glitch has changed my sliders and made the game unfun again.
Please big ant we need the new teams that have been relegated or new players joining new clubs when will this update come out?
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Does anyone know why it’s the same 4 players receiving updates for each club each time on pro team. Why is there about 9 versions of George Williams? Why is there about 7 Matt Dufty’s, the latest weeks and weeks after Warrington paid him off to get rid of him yet there he is in a Warrington shirt. Surely it would make sense to release different players rather than the 7th Paul Vaughan, again, who isn’t even with the club he’s being released for. Just bizarre choices really