Rugby 08 - PS2 Game

You are looking at Play Station 2 game Rugby 2008.

Rugby 08 captures all the emotion and passion of the world's fiercest national rivalries. Experience all the excitement of the Rugby World Cup 2007 as you challenge the best teams and players ever assembled for global supremacy. A nation's destiny is in your hands when you take control of one of the officially licensed national teams and power your way through a grueling six-week campaign for the sport's ultimate prize: the Webb Ellis Cup.

This is the season you take complete control of managing your favourite squad as EA SPORTS Rugby 08 enables you to emulate the style of your favourite team on offence and now on defence. Using new, authentic defensive formations, adjust your defence on-the-fly to keep momentum on your side or counter your opponents attacking style by changing your defensive strategy based on score, field position and more.
Also featured is a layered pick-up-and-play control system for set pieces and drop kicks. Now you take full command over every scrum and maul with enhanced push and rotation controls. Make lineout throw-ins look easy with a simplified control scheme for the novice player and advanced mechanics for the pro. Master the new kicking meter to score those key penalties and conversions, while new truck and zoom camera angles zero in on all the breakdown and set piece action during the games biggest moments.

Features
* Team management, injuries & squad rotation features for greater depth
* World Cup Challenge Mode takes key moments from World Cup History and allows the user to replay them; rewards are unlocked after finishing each scenario (photos, players, etc)
* Play as your home nation and control your favourite players as you battle from qualification right through to a virtual re-creation of the championship final.

For 1 to 4 players. Multiplayer available on the same screen.

Publisher: Electronic Arts

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Original Springbok cover release, comes complete and in great condition.

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