Rugby 25 news & patch notes

Dear players,

A new update is available today on PC!

Here is today notes:

• Added Dynamic Conversion Kicks

• Added option to switch between Dynamic or Classic Conversion Kick

• Added Traditional Punt Option

• Added option to switch between Traditional or Skill-Based In-Play kicks

• Adjusted Attacking and Defensive Lines

• Assorted Team Updates

• Assorted Player Visual Updates

• Improved Stability

Thank you!

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Dear players,

A new update is available today on PC!

Here is today notes:

Resolved Line-up Conflicts

• Resolved modified teams conflicting with shipped teams, causing unusable line-ups.

Balanced 50:22

• AI now adjusts 50:22 plays proportionally by match difficulty; kick power better reflects player skill.

Balanced Punt Kicks

• Punt kick power better reflects player skill.

Standardised Kick Targeting

• Standardised kick direction input; added invert option.

Improved Commentary

• Resolved unusual triggers and added new lines.

Improved Stability

• Addressed stability issues reported to our support team.

Thank you!

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Dear players,

A new update is available today on PC!

Here is today notes:

Women's League Uniform Updates

• Women's uniform adjusted to allow for better movement.

Kicking Arcs

• All horizontal kicking arcs have been expanded, allowing greater control of kick placement.

Added Drive Tackles

• Tackles have been adjusted, allowing playout of drive tackle scenarios, resulting in greater  ground gained.

Match Settings Logic

• Updated individual match type logic to discern more appropriate match settings. This will not affect matchups of opposing leagues.

General Optimisations

• A number of areas of the game have been optimised for better performance. Including optimisations in the interchange system when doing a number of swaps.

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Dear players,

A new update is available today on PC!

Here is today notes:

Improved Box Kicking

• Greater control over box kicks and trajectory displayed.

Improved AI Kick Decisions

• Greater AI situational kicking awareness.

Improved AI Match Awareness

• Greater AI time/score situational awareness.

Improved Ruck Formation

• Improved player ruck participation, non-participants better positioned.

Corrected Referee Interference

• AI player passing to avoid the referee resolved.

Improved Stability

• Addressed stability issues reported to our support team.

Thank you!

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• Reduced chance of being tackled while performing a box kick out of a ruck.

• Improved AI actions after line breaks.

• Adjusted the inputs required to scoot from the ruck and mauls, reducing accidental scoots.

• Corrected a scaling issue of logos on custom uniforms.

• Resolutions to stability issues reported to our support team have been included in this patch.

• Balanced Player Speed
• Resolve Automatic Try Score
• Improve Ruck Join
• Improve Cut Scenes
• Improved Stability

• Corrected Fends
• Adjusted Ball Hold Penalties
• Improved Stability

• Reduced turnovers
• Improved Ruck Entry Speed
• Improved Kick Aiming
• Improved AI Ruck Decisions
• Improved Stability

• Added five player ruck option
• Added player send off
• Added new Celebration Cutscene
• Balanced fatigue and fatigue management in career matches
• Improved Career pending offer functionality
• Improved end of season award stat tracking
• Improved free agent salary expectations
• Improved player recruitment menu flow
• Improved camera options during rucks
• Improved AI substitution and injured player decisions
• Improved Stamina system
• Improved AI pass decision making
• Improved Stability

Balanced Evasion Effectiveness

• Tackle avoidance via Sidesteps and Fends have been balanced.

Corrected Defensive Try Area Kicks

• Corrected occurrences of inability to kick the ball when in the defensive try area.

Improved Play Now Settings

• Home grounds will now be selected by default when starting a Play Now match.

Improved Stability

• Resolutions to stability issues reported to our support team have been included in this patch.

Updated Player Ratings

• Updated Super Rugby and MLR player ratings to reflect recent form.

Updated Player Visuals

• Perpignan and Clermont Top 14 player photogrammetry.

Improved Stability

• Resolutions to stability issues reported to our support team have been included in this patch.

Improved Momentum

• Players will maintain their momentum while receiving offloads.

Improved AI Defensive Line

• The defensive line of the AI will be more realistic, particularly scrumhalf behaviour.

Improved Penalty Decision Making

• The AI will not pick to take a scrum for the majority of penalties, with greater situational awareness applied to the penalty choice.

Improved Stability

• Resolutions to stability issues reported to our support team have been included in this patch.

Balanced Player Movement Speed

• Individual player movement speeds have been adjusted to further balance line breaks and defence.

Improved AI

• AI controlled teams will have better defensive formations, tackle and passes.

Corrected Tackle Issue

• Rectified an issue where after receiving an offload players could occasionally be put in a state where they could not be tackled.

Corrected Achievement/Trophy unlocks

• Issues preventing the unlock of the Collector, Sin to Win and Internet Points achievements have been resolved.

Improved Stability

• Resolutions to stability issues reported to our support team have been included in this patch.

Added Career International Rankings

• Career mode International team rankings will be viewable when managing a national team.

Improved Online Leaderboards

• Investigations have found integrity issues with the leaderboards. We have resolved cases of incorrect match results being posted. Unfortunately, in fairness to all competing, there will be a reset of the current leaderboards on Wednesday 2nd April.

Improved Audio

• Improved crowd sounds, including correction of incorrect player vocals in Women’s matches.

Improved Stability

• Resolutions to stability issues reported to our support team have been included in this patch.

Added Women’s Rugby

• The women’s national teams for Australia, United States, England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales, France and Italy have been added. These can be used for Play Now matches, custom competitions and online custom matches.

Added Women’s Six Nations Competition

• The Women’s Six Nations competition has been added to the competition mode, enjoy the full Women's Six Nations experience.

Added Player Visuals

• Player visuals for the Australia, United States, England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales and Italy Women’s national teams, as well as Clermont from the Top 14 have been added.

Improved Stability

• Resolutions to stability issues reported to our support team have been included in this patch.

Balanced Player Speed

• Player role and attributes have a greater effect on movement speed.

Balanced Kicking

• Player role and attributes have a greater effect on kicking ability.

Balanced Difficulty

• Reduced the amount of tackle assistance given by AI controlled players and improved AI defensive tactics on harder difficulties.

Improved Animations

• Tackle and fend animations have been improved.

Improved Stability

• Resolutions to stability issues reported to our support team have been included in this patch.

Full notes:

Improved Offside Detection

• Issues with offside incorrectly triggering during box kicks have been rectified.

Corrected Lineup Retention

• Official team lineup modification made in the Academy will be correctly retained.

Corrected Pass Input Issue

• Corrected scenarios where the pass receiver post maul could not pass the ball.

Improved Stability

• Resolutions to stability issues reported to our support team have been included in this patch.

The full changelog:

Improved Referee Calls

• Offside decision making has been improved, particularly during kick situations. Offside advantage is now given correctly.

Balanced Difficulty

• Initial changes to balance difficulty have been made, this will continue to be tuned based on feedback.

Balanced Stamina

• Stamina drain will better reflect player skills. Players recover stamina during breaks.

Updated StoneX Stadium

• The home ground for Saracens has been updated to reflect the fully licensed StoneX Stadium.

Updated Player Visuals

• Lyon, Pau and Bordeaux from Top 14 have had photogrammetry likenesses added. Improved visuals for other players.

Improved Stability

• Resolutions to stability issues reported to our support team have been included in this patch.

Added Ruck Hold Ball option

• Holding the Xbox A or PlayStation X will hold onto the ball in a ruck, protecting it against being stolen by the opposition. Holding the ball for a long time risks being penalised for not releasing.

Adjusted Evasion Controls

• The controls for evasion moves on offense have been adjusted. With the right stick, Up is Bump Off, Left and Right are a Sidestep and Down will Fend. These controls are camera relative as per the movement of the left stick.

Improved Stamina System

• The stamina system has been better balanced, including how difficulty level impacts the stamina drain rate.

Increased Custom Competition Clubs

• Increased the number of teams for custom competitions to 20 and corrected issues with playing finals formats other than a single grand-final.

Improved Stability

• Resolutions to stability issues reported to our support team have been included in this patch.

Improved AI Penalty Decisions

• The AI will make improved decisions with regard to penalties, reducing the chance of choosing a scrum.

Resolved Half Time Substitutions

• Half time substitutions will correctly take effect at the beginning of the second half.

Improved Stability

• Resolutions to stability issues reported to our support team have been included in this patch.

Improved Passing

• Better calculation of pass trajectories and responsiveness from AI controlled players to passing.

Improved Ruck Turnover

• The chance of causing a turnover at the ruck now increases proportionally with the skill differential between the opposing players, without the need of a pushover.

Improved AI decision making

• Changes to AI defensive tactics and offensive decision making, including less conservative play, resulting in an increased number of passes in a phase.

Improved Support Runners

• Support runner positioning has been improved.

Improved Stability

• Resolutions to stability issues reported to our support team have been included in this patch.

Added Drop Pocket option at Rucks

• Holding D-Pad down button at rucks calls a kicker to drop back in preparation for a kick. Use LB+RB (Xbox) or L1+R1 (PlayStation) to pass to the kicker out of a ruck, then choose an appropriate kick button, for example Y (Xbox) or Triangle (PS) for a Drop Goal attempt.

Resolved Pod Passing issues

• Pod passing out of a ruck (LT/RT) has been corrected.

Corrected Rules

• Resolved rare case of tries not being awarded out of a scrum near the try line, resolved cases where 50-22 kicks were not correctly detected and correct rule following kick offs which go out on the full.

Adjusted Career Player Generation

• The player generation system has been balanced to avoid generating rookie players with ratings outside the expected ranges.

Improved Stability

• Resolutions to stability issues reported to our support team have been included in this patch.

Improved Pass Responsiveness

• Controller input delays have been reduced, improving pass responsiveness, particularly when tackled.

Improved Pass Quality

• Passes out of the ruck and short distance passes to nearby players have been adjusted, along with better targeting for cut-out and other long distance passes, reducing missed passes and unwarranted loss of possession.

Improved Support Runners

• Resolved cases where support runners would not correctly position or time their run.

Improved Stability

• Resolutions to stability issues reported to our support team have been included in this patch.

• Updated Players and Rosters
• Improved Rucks
• Improved Line-Outs
• Improved Career Recruitment
• Corrected Set Piece Kick Takers
• Improved Stability

• Updated Player Data
• Corrected Career Lineups
• Improved Gameplay
• Resolved Tutorial Progression
• Improved Stability