Rugby Challenge 2006

The game has several Challenge modes: Challenge: There are five game options in this category. * Classic Matches. The player controls the South African team and tries to prevent defeat, with ten 'Classic Matches' including playing as Scotland and trying to beat England; playing as the British isles and trying to beat New Zealand; playing as the USA and trying to beat France; playing as Wales and trying to beat Ireland. * Try Survival: The player competes in a series of matches which become progressively more difficult, must score an increasing number of tries in each match. * Hot Potato: A variation on the standard game where a player cannot hold the ball for more than three seconds, any player that does gets hit hard. * Old Time Rugby: Games are played under old rules where no points are scored for a try, they can only be scored from the penalty that follows. * Superstars: In this variation of the standard game only one nominated player from the players team can score points. Career Mode: This is a rugby management side of the game where the player takes control of a team in Division Four of a mythical league and must manage them through the seasons to become a champion team. Players can be traded, and trained, the clubs finances need to be managed, coaches appointed etc.

The game also has a training mode and many bonus features such as additional stadiums, teams, balls and game effects all of which are locked until the player achieves specific goals. Matches can be three, five, seven or fifteen minutes long, can be played during the day or night, have weather effects and use one of the three difficulty settings Fun, Normal or Intensive Care.