Damien

Such demand for this game can only help when it comes to getting possible future games. If developers know the demand is there, and it is profitable, they will be more inclined to invest and build RL games:

Playing again in November: Ghana and Nigeria’s men and women will face each other in a doubleheader at the University of Ghana Rugby Stadium in Accra on 23 November 2025, in senior internationals for world ranking points. It will be their third meeting since 2019, with the visiting Green Eagles current back-to-back Middle East-Africa men’s champions, and having beaten their hosts to qualify for the women’s World Series. https://europeanrugbyleague.com/articles/2540/ghana-and-nigeria-to-take-part-in-festiv..

Name changes are cosmetic and do nothing in isolation. Whether you like it or not people have no real affinity to the names or regions you suggest. It would alienate people and be counter productive. What does make a difference is money to do all of the right things. Leigh didnt need to rebrand to Greater Manchester. Hull KR didnt need to rebrand to Humberside. They just needed the right owners with money to implement the things a professional sports club should.

I wouldn't have picked him anyway, Australia have better options like you mention.

I didnt even notice to be honest, which does kind of show how interchangeable they are to many.

More content again from England RL. There has definitely been another push the last couple of days:

Should get the Aussies frothing at the mouth if nothing else. I suppose the good thing about the Aussies never playing us, and few games generally, is that this generation doesn't really know what it's like to lose to them, never mind keep losing. As a result I certainly don't think Australia have the same aura amongst younger fans as they once did:

My copy is still in the post so haven't had the chance to try it yet. I have certainly seen a lot of mixed feedback though which pretty much tallies with what you say here. Some of this indicates it was a bit rushed and not quite as polished as it should be, as you allude to. Stuff like teams, competitions is the easy stuff to get right and are the mistakes that are pretty unforgivable. You aren't really adding a pile more effort to expand the database aspect of the game and get that right. As I said I understand a small studio not quite getting things right. Much bigger developers don't either with way more backing. However some of the issues seem to go way beyond just a few bugs and glitches that come out with more testing/use. Most of the complaints are a lot more fundamental and push to a rushed release to meet a date. I do think unless someone like EA are making the game niche sports always have to take the rough with the smooth when it comes to this. I remember RU games getting the same criticism and a GAA game a few years ago was a laughing stock amongst GAA fans. I would love to see the NRL with all of their money and clout really back the development of a game one day. It could even just be with a small developer like this but money and resources talk in tech and you do get out what you put in.

Should have said the Aussies to be more accurate. Hopefully the NRL repost it too.

From the NRL:

I expect future updates will fix many of the issues. Once you get outside the big developers you are always going to get a lot of issues.