World Championship Rugby

World Championship Rugby
Developer(s) Swordfish Studios
Publisher(s) Acclaim Entertainment
Platform(s) Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 2, Xbox
Release date(s) 8 April 2004
Genre(s) Rugby union
Mode(s) Single player, multiplayer

World Championship Rugby is a computer and video game developed after the 2003 Rugby World Cup. It was developed by Swordfish Studios and published by Acclaim.

As well as all the teams and games from the 2003 Rugby World Cup, the game includes a number of other tournaments, such as Six Nations, Tri Nations, custom leagues and cups, classic matches and tour games. There is also a feature to beat the all- stars with every team in the game and a survival game. The only licensed teams in the game are England and Wales, however, included is a name editor that allows the fake player names to be changed.

Development

Following England Rugby's success at the 2003 Rugby World Cup in Australia, Acclaim Entertainment International announced on 23 November 2003, that they will be releasing World Championship Rugby for PlayStation 2, Xbox and PC in Europe the next year. It is a fast-paced rugby game, with the emphasis on scoring lots of tries. Commentary is provided by Miles Harrison and Stuart Barnes.[1] It was also revealed that the United Kingdom based studio – Swordfish Studios was the team that was developing the game, the same studio that worked on the well received Jonah Lomu Rugby.

Game modes

Friendly Match

Competitions

Challenges

England and Wales Squads

England Squad:

  1. Jason Leonard
  2. Steve Thompson
  3. Phil Vickery
  4. Martin Johnson
  5. Ben Kay
  6. Richard Hill
  7. Neil Back
  8. Lawrence Dallaglio
  9. Matt Dawson
  10. Jonny Wilkinson
  11. Ben Cohen
  12. Mike Tindall
  13. Will Greenwood
  14. Jason Robinson
  15. Josh Lewsey

Substitutes: Dorian West, Danny Grewcock, Lewis Moody, Martin Corry, Kyran Bracken, Mike Catt, Iain Balshaw

Wales Squad:

  1. Iestyn Thomas
  2. Robin Mcbryde
  3. Adam Jones
  4. Gareth Llewellyn
  5. Robert Sidoli
  6. Dafydd Jones
  7. Colin Charvis
  8. Jonathan Thomas
  9. Dwayne Peel
  10. Stephen Jones
  11. Shane Williams
  12. Ieystn Harris
  13. Mark Taylor
  14. Craig Morgan
  15. Gareth Thomas

Teams Included In The Game

All of the teams included in the game, are the teams who participated in the 2003 Rugby World Cup.

Bonus Teams: (All of these teams will need to be unlocked)

Classic Matches

The Classic Match mode begins with three already available Classic Matches, the rest each need to be unlocked to progress. Below are the matches: – (controlled team in bold)

  1. France vs New Zealand, 1999, 60 minutes played – 26–30
  2. Australia vs British Lions, 2001, 68 minutes played – 23–23
  3. New Zealand vs Japan, 1995, 40 minutes played – 70–7
  4. England vs Scotland, 2000, 74 minutes played – 10–19
  5. South Africa vs Australia, 2002, 45 minutes played – 21–9
  6. England vs New Zealand, 1995, 0 minutes played – 0–0
  7. England vs Australia, 2003, 80 minutes played – 14–14
  8. Australia vs England, 2003, 80 minutes played – 14–14
  9. Swordfish vs The Cougars, 2004, 0 minutes played – 0–0

Classic Match 1 – In a game where the French were leading 17–0, they find themselves trailing 26–30 going into the final quarter. Can you turn this breathtaking 2000 international encounter in France's favour by defeating the New Zealanders.

Classic Match 2 – It is the decisive third test of the British Lions 2001 tour of Australia. With 12 minutes left on the clock, the scores are tied at 23 each. It is up to you to prevent the Australians from winning the test and taking the series by leading the Lions onto victory.

Classic Match 3 – In New Zealand's record annihilation of Japan in the 1995 World Championship, their newcomer fly-half was shooting for his own piece of history. Already on 20 points after converting the first 10 tries, can you lead the New Zealand number 10 on to achieving a record 45 points in this one game?

Classic Match 4 – Can you lead England back from the brink of losing the Euro Nations by coming back with 6 minutes to go in this inaugural affair? In doing so, wipe out the memories of losing the year before in similar fashion to Wales.

Classic Match 5 – It is the last game of the 2002 Southern Hemisphere series. South Africa is on pace to defeat Australia, and in so doing, rip the title from Australian's hands and give it to New Zealand. Can you turn the Australian's fortunes around and win them their third Southern Hemisphere title in a row?

Classic Match 6 – A young New Zealand winger has just proved he is a budding star of World Rugby and in this 1995 World Championship Semi-Final is about to prove how lethal he can really be. Can you make him the star of the show and score four tries with him to knock out England?

Classic Match 7 – The two teams have given it their all in 80 minutes of pulsating action which has ended in a tie. It needs Extra-Time to decide who is going to take the World Championship. Can you lead Martin Johnson and his men to defeat Australia and take the glory?

Classic Match 8 – The two teams couldn't be separated in 80 minutes of tense action, so it's come down to Extra-Time to decide who is going to take the World Championship. Can you lead Australia to get over that final hurdle to defeat England to take the glory?

Swordfish vs The Cougars

This is the ninth and final classic match. In order to unlock it you need to win the World Championship. In 2004, Team Swordfish play The Cougars in the inaugural Gilbert Cup. The Cougars are a brash, new team who are young and fast and looking to take Swordfish's crown.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "World Championship Rugby announced". GameSpot. Retrieved 29 April 2006.

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