I really tried not to get cynical about this game, i was just excited to see a new one. But this is such a crushing blow. As far as I can see, through no fault of their own, HB has only been able to afford a slight upgrade on the previous ***les. It seems the gameplay may improve, but at the cost of the exact same animations. They have the world cup, but only 20 teams and no other tournaments. They have a few licences, but no meaningful way of modification or editing those they don't. It's been a valiant effort with the budget they had, but it's fallen well short of what it promise. Players still all chase the ball, tackles are exactly the same, scrums are exactly the same, passing is exactly the same, kicking (bar a new chip kick) is exactly the same, lineouts are exactly the same, try scoring looks exactly the same, set plays are exactly the same. Even if rugby challenge had never happened this would still be a **** poor state of affairs. But what lost it for me is 0:36 in the video when you can clearly see the ball, apparently, half way through the players foot. gutted.