Technology is meeting rugby at a deeper level than ever before with the introduction of a new Smart Ball that will provide greater information on the game than ever before.

If you desperately need a new Rugby game to fill the void, you might still consider picking Rugby 20 up, but even then you might be better off going back to Rugby Challenge and playing that with some of the new community squads.

Rugby fans deserve te best ever game that translates the glory of that noble sport to TV screens. So what would you make, if you have the budget, influence and ambition to do so?

In 1995, Leon Schuster performed a song which would become the anthem for the Rugby World Cup. Twenty five years later, and he's back with a new track. May the gods have mercy on our souls.

Developer Eko Software is planning on adding some proper depth to the crucial match technique of tackling by making it more interactive and by also giving players a choice of tackles to make use of. “To do a tackle, we have chosen to do something completely different,” Eko Software’s Production Director and co-founder Jean-Georges Levieux explained to me at E3.

After Rugby 15 fumbled the pass in nearly every manner possible, Eko Software is looking to right that wrong with a game that introduces new systems and elements to the ruck. What fans really want however? A chance to play as their hometown heroes.

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