Rugby Challenge 2

Rugby Challenge 2: The Lions Edition
Developer(s)	Sidhe
Publisher(s)	Tru Blu Entertainment
Platform(s)	PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Microsoft Windows
Genre(s)	Sports/Rugby Union
Mode(s)	Single-player, Multiplayer

Rugby Challenge 2: The Lions Edition is a Rugby video game, developed by Sidhe and published by Tru Blu Entertainment. This game is the sequel to Rugby Challenge

The game is titled All Blacks Rugby Challenge 2: Lions Edition in New Zealand, Wallabies Rugby Challenge 2: Lions Edition in Australia, Jonah Lomu Rugby Challenge 2 in France, South Africa and in the rest of the world.

It was announced via the games official facebook account, and confirmed on the game website, that Rugby Challenge 2 will be released World wide on the 13th of June 2013

Features

The features and content of Rugby Challenge 2: The Lions Tour Edition include:

• Play in Single Match Mode, multi-team Competition Mode, a vastly expanded multi-year Career Mode, Tutorial Mode, or compete in online multiplayer with support up to 4v4 via PlayStation®Network, Xbox LIVE®, or Steam

• Refined and expanded gameplay with the addition of quick taps, quick lineouts, mauls from lineouts, interceptions, contesting ball at the breakdown, removing players from the ruck, number 8 scrum pickups, and dynamic in game team strategies on both attack and defence

• 110+ teams and 50+ stadia from around the world featured including official team, competition, and special match licenses for the All Blacks, the Qantas Wallabies, the USA Eagles, Bledisloe Cup, British and Irish Lions 2013 Tour of Australia, Barbarians FC, Combined Country, Super Rugby teams, Aviva Premiership Rugby, TOP 14 Orange, Pro D2, RaboDirect PRO12, ITM Cup, and Ranfurly Shield

• More options to create or customise players, teams, and competitions, and change game rules and behaviour to shape the game to play how you want and keep the game fresh year after year

• Revamped sound and commentary systems, with real-time commentary from seasoned rugby commentators Grant Nisbett and former All Black turned commentator Justin Marshall, and French language commentary from Eric Bayle and Thomas Lombard.

Game Modes

• Tutorial
• Exhibition Match
• 2013 Lions Tour of Australia
• Competition Mode
• Customisation Mode
• Career Mode
• Online multi-player (up to four players)

Extensive customisation

As is tradition in Rugby Challenge titles, players will have the ability to extensively customise the players, teams, and competitions, using the advanced customisation tools, The player will also be able shape the game to your own preferences, adding players and teams to the game.

Rugby Store

Through out Rugby Challenge 2, players will build up funds, or Rugby Dollars, as they play matches in each game mode. Players will then be able to spend these Dollars in the 'Rugby Store', on a variety of items such as Special teams, 'how to' videos and videos on how Rugby Challenge 2 was created.

International teams

Licensed

• Australia
• Georgia
• New Zealand
• United States

Unlicensed/Unknown

• Argentina
• Brazil
• Canada
• Chile
• England
• Fiji
• France
• Germany
• Ireland
• Kenya
• Italy
• Japan
• Namibia
• Portugal
• Romania
• Russia
• Samoa
• Scotland
• South Africa
• Spain
• Tonga
• Uruguay
• Wales
• Zimbabwe

Competitions

Licenced

• British and Irish Lions Tour of Australia 2013
• Bledisloe Cup
• Aviva Premiership
• Top 14
• Pro 12
• Pro D2
• ITM Cup
• Ranfurly Shield

Unlicenced

• Rugby World Cup
• The Rugby Championship
• Six Nations Championship
• Super Rugby
• Heineken Cup

Note: More competitions may be included in the game.

Teams

Note: All league line-ups are based on 2012/2013 season

ITM Cup

Ranfurly Shield

• Wellington
• Waikato
• Taranaki
• Canterbury
• Southland
• Auckland
• Bay of Plenty
• Hawke's Bay
• Counties Manukau
• Northland
• North Harbour
• Tasman
• Manawatu
• Otago

Super Rugby

• New South Wales Waratahs
• Queensland Reds
• ACT Brumbies
• Western Force
• Melbourne Rebels
• Crusaders
• Blues
• Chiefs
• Hurricanes
• Highlanders
• Bulls (Unlicensed)
• Cheetahs (Unlicensed)
• Southern Kings (Unlicensed)
• Sharks (Unlicensed)
• Stormers (Unlicensed)

Unlicensed teams are named after their respective regions (e.g. Stormers is 'Cape Town')

Aviva Premiership

• Bath Rugby
• Gloucester Rugby
• Exeter Chiefs
• Harlequins
• Leicester Tigers
• London Irish
• London Wasps
• London Welsh
• Northampton Saints
• Sale Sharks
• Saracens
• Worcester Warriors

Top 14

• SU Agen
• Aviron Bayonnais
• Biarritz Olympique
• Castres Olympique
• ASM Clermont Auvergne
• Stade Montois
• Montpellier Hérault RC
• USA Perpignan
• Racing Métro
• Stade Français Paris
• RC Toulonnais
• Stade Toulousain
• FC Grenoble
• Union Bordeaux Bègles

Pro D2

• Pays d'Aix RC
• SC Albi
• FC Auch
• Stade Aurillacois
• Béziers
• CA Brive
• US Carcassonne
• US Colomiers
• US Dax
• La Rochelle
• Lyon OU
• RC Massy
• RC Narbonne
• Oyonnax Rugby
• Section Paloise
• Tarbes Pyrénées Rugby

Rabodirect Pro 12

• Munster
• Leinster
• Connacht
• Ulster
• Zebre
• Benetton Treviso
• Edinburgh
• Glasgow Warriors
• Cardiff Blues
• Newport Gwent Dragons
• Ospreys
• Scarlets

Relegation replacement teams

• Newcastle Falcons (RFU Championship)
• Leeds Carnegie (RFU Championship)
• CS Bourgoin-Jallieu (Fédérale 1)
• US Montauban (Fédérale 1)

Note: These teams are based on previously licenced content, but are currently unconfirmed

Miscellaneous teams

• British and Irish Lions
• Barbarian F.C.
• Team Lomu (A whole team comprised solely of Jonah Lomu)
• Lomu All Stars (World XV selected by Jonah Lomu)
• Sidhe Staff Team 1 and Sidhe Staff Team 2 (Teams with an average 3 rating, where all players have in every ability a rating of 0 except Discipline, 100).

Stadiums

Licensed stadiums

Stadium	Country
Eden Park	New Zealand
Rotorua International Stadium	New Zealand
AMI Stadium	New Zealand
Growers Stadium	New Zealand
McLean Park	New Zealand
FMG Stadium	New Zealand
North Harbour Stadium	New Zealand
Toll Stadium	New Zealand
Forsyth Barr Stadium	New Zealand
Rugby Park Stadium	New Zealand
Yarrow Stadium	New Zealand
Trafalgar Park	New Zealand
Waikato Stadium	New Zealand
Westpac Stadium	New Zealand
Sydney Football Stadium	Australia
ANZ Stadium	Australia
Docklands Stadium	Australia
Subiaco Oval	Australia
Canberra Stadium	Australia
Suncorp Stadium	Australia
AAMI Park	Australia
NIB Stadium	Australia
Hunter Stadium	Australia
Infinity Park	USA
Aviva Stadium	Ireland
Thomond Park	Ireland
Parc y Scarlets	Wales
Liberty Stadium	Wales
Cardiff City Stadium	Wales
Murrayfield	Scotland
Welford Road Stadium	England
Twickenham Stoop	England
Madejski Stadium	England
Franklin's Gardens	England
Edgeley Park	England
Stadio Comunale di Monigo	Italy

Unlicensed stadiums

Stadium	Unlicensed Name	Country
Kings Park Stadium	Durban Park Stadium	South Africa
Loftus Versfeld	Pretoria Stadium	South Africa
Ellis Park	Joburg Stadium	South Africa
Newlands	Cape Town Stadium	South Africa
Free State Stadium	Bloemfontein Stadium	South Africa
Estadio Gigante de Arroyito	Estadio Buenos Aires	Argentina
Unknown Stadium 1	Oceanic Park	Samoa
Hong Kong Stadium	Causeway Bay Stadium	Hong Kong
BMO Field	Toronto Field	Canada
Stade de France	Ovalie Top 14 Stadium	France
Unknown Stadium 2	Ovalie Pro D2 Stadium	France
Stadio Flaminio	Stadio Colosseo	Italy
Twickenham Stadium	South-West London Stadium	England
Millennium Stadium	Castle Park	Wales

Note: May be more stadiums included in the game

External links

• Official website