''Rugby'' (known as ''EA Sports Rugby'', and as ''Rugby 2001'' in the European PC version; often mislabeled as ''Rugby 2002'') is the 2000 installment of

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' '' Rugby''

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series. The game was developed by Creative Assembly and published by EA Sports. The game is EA Sports' first rugby union game on

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and PlayStation 2, and was succeeded by '' Rugby 2004''. ''Rugby'' features over 20 teams, over 500 players and over 20 stadiums. The game's commentators are Bill McLaren and former England International Jamie Salmon. The game featured the national teams who took part in the 1999 Rugby World Cup.

Reception

The PS2 version received "average" reviews according to the review aggregation website

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* 2000 video games Creative Assembly games EA Sports games Multiplayer and single-player video games PlayStation 2 games Rugby union video games Video games developed in the United Kingdom Video games scored by Jeff van Dyck Video games scored by Saki Kaskas Video games set in Argentina Video games set in Australia Video games set in France Video games set in Ireland Video games set in New Zealand Video games set in South Africa Video games set in the United Kingdom Windows games {{sports-videogame-stub