''Rugby 2005'' is a game in the
Rugby
Rugby may refer to:
Sport
* Rugby football in many forms:
** Rugby league: 13 players per side
*** Masters Rugby League
*** Mod league
*** Rugby league nines
*** Rugby league sevens
*** Touch (sport)
*** Wheelchair rugby league
** Rugby union: 1 ...
series by
EA Sports
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. The game allows players to play as many
Rugby nations, both major and minor, and includes many tournaments, such as the
Rugby World Cup
The Rugby World Cup is a men's rugby union tournament contested every four years between the top international teams. The tournament is administered by World Rugby, the sport's international governing body. The winners are awarded the Webb E ...
, the
Tri Nations, the
Six Nations, and the
Super 12.
The newer version of this game is ''
Rugby 06'', also by EA Sports. It also includes a fictional "World League" where teams from the
Guinness Premiership,
Celtic League
The Celtic League is a pan-Celtic organisation, founded in 1961, that aims to promote modern Celtic identity and culture in Ireland, Scotland, Wales, Brittany, Cornwall and the Isle of Man – referred to as the Celtic nations; it places part ...
,
Top 14
The Top 14 () is a professional rugby union club competition that is played in France. Created in 1892, the Top 14 is at the top of the national league system operated by the French National Rugby League, also known by its French initialism o ...
,
Super 12, and other domestic leagues compete against each other in a three-stage promotion and regulation structure with a knock out cup also contested. Commentary is provided by
Ian Robertson and
Murray Mexted.
''Rugby 2005'' is the first EA Rugby title for Xbox, while the Windows version was canceled in the US.
Reception
The PC and Xbox versions received "generally favorable reviews", while the PlayStation 2 version received "average" reviews, according to the
review aggregation
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website
Metacritic
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.
References
External links
*
2005 video games
PlayStation 2 games
Rugby union video games
Windows games
Video games developed in Canada
Xbox games
EA Sports games
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