Oh yeh, they should have used the Madden engine for the rugby game. I was playing madden again the other day and it is's cool when you do a run with the QB or running back. It is way too fast though, would need to cut the speed of the game down by half for a rugby game.

ESPN NFL2k5 is better than madden though. The player's don't look quite so realistic when they run but the shoulder charges, hand offs and side-steps are awesome.

It's probably all academic anyway, EA will stick with the FIFA developers and I can't see rugby 2006 being anywhere near as good as the NFL games..

Maybe in about 4-5 years we'll have rugby games as good as the current nfl games ? Possibly sooner ?