ARl. SE['uo?J' "AustrolionRugby Leogue is fie mostreolisdc rugby simulolionever seen, The develooment leom hove doneeverything possible b reproducefie lefierof the lcw ond the spiritof the gome.However, os our ullimolreoim wos ljo areolelhe moslexciling gome imoginoble,some of tfiefiner points of rugbylow hovebeen omined. 5o don'f expe.fio useAushslion RugbyLeogue os o textbookguide to the reol thing. Insteod,get reodyto experienceoll the skill, speea ond odion of fie world'i ioughe* |eomsporL" ,irr -I- CONTROL ATTACK DEFENCE rirc 2 . SpeedBuul/Hond o{f RugbyLeogue wos bornon Aogusr29th 1895 On thotdoy an historicmeeiing icok pld.e in iheYorkshire iown of Huddersfieldbetween representotives ol2l RusbyUnion teom! from the norrh of Englond.They vobd to resisnfrom fie RusbyFooboll Un;on cnd formtheir own NorthernRusby Union,with it5own d of olmsond oblectives.FnJdmong ihos€ wos ic compensoteployeB br eorningslosi when ployins rusby. The officiol London bosed Rusby Foorbollunion hod obieciedb firs, burployero in fie indushiolno h fourd ir impossibleio dedicote$emselves io rhegome when fiey weremissing oui on muchneeded income. For 6e soufierndileitonies ihis wosi'i o consideroiion;fiey conlinuedto holdfost to iheprinciples of qmoteurismlor onoiher100 yedrs,uiii I995 whenihe reoliryof life in ihe 2Oh cenruryf;noly closed in ond rheybode omoreurism torewell. FinoPloy . -,-,-,-........IO . FoulRaord 2l Thenewly {ormed No*hern Rughy Union sel obou} revisins the rules of6e gometo mokeit . chmsinsconirollers .. .. .. lo . scorcReord . 21 moreoflrociive lor poyingspecioicrs. The scoring sysrem wos roiionolisedb mokery scoringmo.e . TheGome Setup Screen .....11 . PossessionRecord .21 importon hon kicking,ond rheline-our wds dbondoiedThen in I 906 $e numberof ployereper sidewos reduced ro r3, tao forwordposirions being socrificed io moke6e . StortGome......................... ...... I | . Holl]lme 22 somemore open. The finolpieceol fie ilgsowcomewhen rucLs ond maulsofbr $e rocklewere obondoned in fovoLrrofo . Conirose11ip...................... I | . Endof Gome . .......... ........22 h{o-monscrum known os thepoy fie bol; fie srillrecosrisoble os RusbyLeosue, wiih on -he some | | . Fleldof PLoy 22 idenlit disiinclfrom RugbyUnion, hod beenestoblisnec. A gosoryof Rugby Terms ..23 Thenew code soon beson ic olircctinierest from obrood ond in 1907o combifedNew Zeolond/Ausrrolionrouring side visiied sriroin, followed by on oll Ausholionsquod fie ndr yeor . Conligurotion t2 . Credib . 26 Someoffie besrAusho ion ployeroon fie iourwere snopped up by Bilkh cub sides,o rroiiwhich . ExilGome . TechnlcoSupport .....26 co'rrinuesic fiis do, ond so nomessuch os AlberrRosenfeld ond LonceTodd eniered Rugby Leosue . Howlo €och0s Online 27 folkore. In l910 o Biush5idevenlured obrood for theInst iime,locing the Ausholions on fieir homerurf. By now$e somehod ioken root in fie Aunroion consctousne$ord quicklysupplonied . Ployinglhe Gome -LimiiedWoronl./ .....................27 AusirolionRules F@6oll os ihepremier sport in bothNew Sour$Wole5 ond Ouenslond. WorontyCloims . ....27 Suchis rhelevel of dedicoiionhr Ae RosbyLeosue code in Ausiroliofior fie ARLpremiership l3 . Limiiolions 2A hosbecome by lor fie sto'rsestlmsue in fie world,ond iheAushdllon noiionol side on olmost 14 . Nolice unbarobleforce. Arguob y, ir is in Ausrolrofior RugbyLeosue hos ochie,ed ib pobniidtoso some tfioicon thril ord enthrol,o swiftpoced, hord'iocklins gome tlid combinesouhiondins skillond physico . Possing . ........... .. 14 resiliencelike no otherPrepore yoor*lf lor theowesome spdtoc e fioi isAutolion RugbyL6gue. -2- -3- I IMEE Differenlfrom ihe other Cup compeiiiions in hoi youdon'l gei io seleclfie |@ms.Thi5 is o Al lheOption 5cr€6n, you con press $ree-mokhseries in whichihe creom of New soufi woles ond oueenslond!Rusby Leogue ployers tnl,er, Fireon 6e loynicl whenihe iick ]5 fqceoff io de<idewhich Sbb is sup€riorChoose fii PlsyMode ond clickon the tick; the Origin hishlshbd,o, Clickoi tlE mouse(we' collii Serie' *reen oppers lisrins fie ihree finures. Click on rhe ti.k for rhe Conrrolsetup '€reen Gee dlckinshom nowonJ when the ftk s ChoosingConhollen). Aher on Orisin some,clicling on rherick retums you ro iheOrigin Series hishiighbdb mo'e on Yor con moveup ond down,leftond ighr*irh fie ioynck, rh€mouse N.B.: /n ihe coseof o drow ;n this fiercely conpetitive contesr,ke pr*nus winnere reain ken hold or ttrecursor keyson the keyboord lfyou do nothove o ioysiickor mouse, usetle tob key, ond ift ond iob bsefier, to movedo.kwke or onli-clo.kwiseqround the An Inlernotionolseries consish of o kndkoulCup compeiilion beiveen eighi noiiond sides. screenoplions, ihen use your cursor keyr, wilh Seleclhe nolionsio ployone onother ot iheTeam Sele.t screen lrom $e eishtnotions ovoiloble, orcws on fiem, io movefirough the options. I whei+rerhumon or comporercontolled lsee S€lecting Teoms). lfyou chooseless ihon 6k .lmber he Thisis whereyou clstomir ihesome lo 5uityourmood. Move up or down to highlighton I remoininsieoms ore chosenby theComputer AFer tmm selationclick on $e ti<kfor ihe .l-oice.. oprior ord tl'er leh or rightt w'oll throrgl' Iniemotionol'creen. Th[ showsthe eisht ieoms drown in for:rquortr finolmoiches. Click on the Throushodfie some,you will ofienfind o slideroption, leliing you rundown ihe lisio{ rickosoin for iheconhol Serupscren {s@Ch@sins Coni-ollers). Afbr on Inrernorionolfixiure, click opllonsifiol won'l fii on $e screen.You con c ickon $e l,opond bottomofthe sliderto mo"ethe on fie fi.k for the Resuh55creen, ond once more to rryeol the next *t of fixtures. optlons,or holddown on theslider iisef, drossins ir up ond down ond movingthe options wiih it. Whenyou've mode your selstions,<lick on rhefick ond you're token b ihe€ontol Setupscreen or ledm Seleclions(reen, dependins upon your Ploy Mode. Togo bockwords,dick on thecros. ril@ I Anothertnockout Clp (ompetit,on,lhe eightieoms ore Fomtuent po5slble,whether humon or TheOoiions ovoiloble ore: computerconirolled The compurer choosing ony unfilledpositions. Once chosen, fie OptusFinols screenreveols ihe Auorier Flnql ties. Click on 6e tck for iheConlrol Setup s.reen Ge Choosins ControllenJ.Followins mch roundof the Finols(except the fino itselfofcooree),click on ihetick {or o ookot iheResuh' of oll fie mqtchesond o secondtime for thenexi set offixtures. Tokeyour pick fro. FrlendnOpiLrs Cup, Euro. laogue, Origin, lntemolionol, optus I Noie:rn rfiFOptu. riqoL thercdrc tdo sct"af Obo.t1ftinok:Ndior dqd Mnor li.e ,;.n-r. oI6e Euro.Findls, Prociice, Demo, View Reploy ord LoodGome. I Moio Do,.Ae5qo Jrc:sh ina theSe^t rnol, bu' he -:nne', ol theu,ro' Onttq F;nolt;e, ote fnstdrcwn dgdinstthe losing Mdior Ouoner'Findlistsin on interhedidteraund of the .antes| Thisis fie defoulloption. A oneoff iussleben&een ihe iwo coms of yourchoice. Seo Eogles ond Roosl,e6ore curen y selected,bui you con movedown b ihe TeamI ond Teom2 oplions to A for les complexconresr thon irs Antipoden cousin,in theEuro. Finols you chose onlylour iokeyour pickfrom ollihe ooilobe mms. Movelefl or righrio selecryour leom. leomsio pldyone onother in o h'o rouid knockoutCupconperition; leoms ore chosen ol $e Teom Seledxreen {se SeletingTeoms) From ihere, dick on the ck lor fie Euro.tinob screenwhich listsfie lixtures(oll two ol ihenl) ond clickon thefick once more for he ConholSetup s{reen ls€e TheAustollo Leogue compelllion. Seled which ofAuskolio's Rugby L&gue ploying lems io ChoosingConhollere). Following the semi{inol round you conodvonce onto fie finolwi$ thesdme controlorfieTeom selection screen {se SelecrinsTeomsl. For fudher detoils, see Gogue Ploy. seriesof buttonoresres os in fie OoiusFinok. As obove,but in fiis PloyMode $e leogueolely comprisesEuropmn teoms. For lurfier Thisis os per Friendly,o one-o$tussle betweer n{o leomso{ yourchoice. However, in Procllce deioils,see Leogue P oy. Modeyou conodiust the performonce of yourteom individuolly (or os o whoe teom)iobe os hish -4- -5- (or low)os you like.This *ill enobleyou to honeyour skillsond refineyour khniques wihod fie chollengeoffie full shengthcompetirion. h con olso moke ihe gome o srcorerchollense for ihe aperiencedployer ployins ihe inerperiencedployea by introducinshondicops. Aherwords, you con retetor rcsloreprevious ieom delouh volues. Thisollows you 6e optionto oltersound controlsond volume levek. wiih fiis optionselected, simply click on thelick for o demogdme betweei SoundON or OfF. Commenlor,.lick to iurn commenlory ON . FottyCommenbry dick to turn'Fohy' €lickon 6e tkk forthe Lood Gome !c.een. There ore Job ovoiloblefor up to 20 gomesto be commentoryON of OFt. soved.Move up or downto hishlishro slot,ond fien clickio loodho gome.For detoils of ho* to . SFX(li.k b luh SFXON or OtF. soveoomes. *e Endol Gome. CrowdSFX di.k toturn crowd SFX ON or OtF SoundLwd Adiusrmeni/Test. Commeniorymove from left to rightio odlus|commenroryvolume down or up. Clickon bs| bunonb let solnd evel. SFX.move from left to riSh b odiusisFX down or up. Clickon teslbulton lo lestsound level . CrowdVo umemove from left hr rightio ddluncrowd volume down or up. Clickon ted builonlo Th;soptlon is onlyovoioble in Friendl,Prccrice ond Demoploy mode.Move leh or rightto selecto teqmfrom $e lnr of osembledrughy-ployins aoms. l: . Moter Voume {DOS Only) move leflo right io odiusio gomesound volumes down or up. GenerclPoy o owsyou $e cholcero poy ARt in highreso ulion 6401480 or low resoloiion Rugbyis o gomeof h{o equq hovesof 40 minut€s.We giveyou theoption of ploying2,3, 320/200 click to choosehigh or low A, 5, 7, 10, 15, 24,