Rugby

September 1, 2000 The Creative Assembly EA Sports
Simulator Sport
PC PS2
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Rugby (known Rugby 2001 in the European PC version) is the 2000 installment of Electronic Arts' Rugby video game series.

The game was developed by Creative Assembly and published by EA Sports. The game is EA Sports' first rugby union game on Microsoft Windows and PlayStation 2, and was succeeded by Rugby 2004
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Release Date September 1, 2000
Developer The Creative Assembly
Publisher EA Sports
Game Modes Single player, Multiplayer
Perspective Bird view / Isometric, Side view
Themes Non-fiction