England 1. T Woodman 2. S Thompson 3. P Vickery 4. M Johnson (c) 5. B Kay 6. R Hill 7. N Back 8. L Dallaglio 9. M Dawson 10. J Wilkinson (k) 11. B Cohen 12. M Tindall 13. W Greenwood 14. J Robinson 15. J Lewsey 16. D West 17. J Leonard 18. M Corry 19. L Moody 20. K Bracken 21. M Catt 22. I Balshaw Australia 1. B Young 2. B Cannon 3. B Darwin 4. J Harrison 5. N Sharpe 6. G Smith 7. P Waugh 8. D Lyons 9. G Gregan (c) 10. S Larkham 11. L Tuquiri 12. E Flatley (k) 13. S Mortlock 14. W Sailor 15. M Rogers 16. A Baxter 17. J Paul 18. D Giffin 19. M Cockbain 20. C Whittaker 21. M Giteau 22. J Roff This is how a live match would be...
Update: 0 mins Welcome to the Adelaide Oval. For this game between England and Australia. England go into today's game as slight favourites. Perfect conditions for playing rugby today. England have won the toss. They elect to kick off. Australia elect to receive top.
Jonny Wilkinson starts the game off for the English. Harrison takes the ball in for Australia. Harrison is brought down by Lawrence Dallaglio. The forwards pile into thr ruck. Penalty to Australia. Handling in the ruck.
Cannon calls out the signals. Bad throw - Back steals it. Back gets help from his forwards - a maul develops. It's coming back to Australia - TURNOVER. Darwin has the ball. A quick pass to Wendell Sailor on the blind side. Short pass to Larkham. Larkham forces a way through. Clever dummy by Larkham gains a yard of space - pass out to Flatley. Flatley is brought down by weight in numbers. The forwards pile into a ruck. Swarming defence by England - TURNOVER. Dawson has the ball. Neat pass to Wilkinson as the tackle comes in. Determined run by Wilkinson. Swiftly fed out to Greenwood. Greenwood bursts into a gap. Swiftly fed out to Tindall. Tindall knocks on.
Scrum to Australia. Gregan feeds the scrum. Australia drive the scrum forward. Australia have been awarded a penalty. Collapsing the scrum.
This would have been all of the action in a half on Rugby 08, but it is only 8 minutes into this match...
Looking good Eds. Much more scope for forwards in this version, I reckon. Will we still get an out of 10 match rating at the end, though?
Won't need one. There will be soooooooooooooooooooooooooo many more plays that you will have a good idea of how your player is doing.
Why is it the shame about the lack of ratings? All this information you get, is everything I get. You all have as good an idea as to what is going on as I do.