Weak pound to the dollar or something.

Basically didn't want loads of Aussies importing and not getting as much money from sales over there.

He was probably injured for the phtoshoot...

Arrived this morning.. so far i'm very impressed!!

My only gripe so far is with the difficulty levels. Easy is too easy and on medium I am either getting 6-0 results or getting hammered by the likes of Salford! The game looks very good tho and much better than the previous versions.

when you order yours?

I ordered mine friday last week so 7 days ago.

I ordered mine back in August.. in the first week or so I think. It was dispatched last week n arrived today. Took exactly 1 week from dispatch to delivery. I heard others got theirs sooner tho. Hope u get urs soon mate!

Got mine yesterday.

It's one of those games where on your first few plays you think WTF is this crap but if you take the time to get used to controls and their timings, there is a lot of depth to the gameplay. Especially using the side view.

I had a match online yesterday which ended up 18-6 and there were tries from a grubber kick to the corner, a bomb which was fumbled by the defender in the air, a wrapped up attacker near the try line reaching out and putting it down over the line and a 30 metre break with a pass to a supporting player when the fullback tried to tackle him.

When you kick the ball, you can hold down X, (on the Xbox), and the player nearest to where the ball is going runs straight to it, which makes great tries from kicks possible. At the same time goal line defence is a lot better. Every tackle near the try line is either an attempt to shove them back away from the try line, hold them up or pull them into touch. No longer do you tackle them into the in goal area for a try.

I would honestly recommend this game but don't just play 3 matches, think "This is garbage," and stop playing. There is a steep learning curve but when you have got to grips with it, the basic gameplay of rugby league has been nailed. That isn't just me wishing it to be good because I'm a RL fan, my housemate who isn't into RL is enjoying it too. I can't reiterate enough though that side view is the view to use.

Have you bought an Australian Xbox 360 version of the game and it plays on your UK console?

I believe he has, yes

how long was the shipping from australia mate?

Can someone explain this to me please. Im not really technical on this stuff. is HDMI a HD lead? and from those whove got the game are there problems with using it if you dont have HD cables.

Considering buying it from Aus but dont want to get it if it doesnt work or if its not compatable with future updates. If I get this is it going to work just like the version that will be released here? If so I think ill buy it!

HDMI is just a way to transmit data and uses a HD cable like you say. If you connect your system to a TV with a HD cable then you won't have any issues with games that are NTSC. By the sounds of it tho Aus/NZ games are PAL too just like here in the UK so they will work on your system without the need for a HD connection.

Lost me on the NTSC and PAL bit mate but got that it works so gonna get it ordered. Cheers pal.

Well the simplest way I can explain it and I hope I don't sound patronising, apologies if so mate but in the UK our TV's use whats called PAL (Phase Alternate Line) to basically show the pictures on the screen (the colours, resolution etc). In America their TV's use NTSC (National Television System Committee) which is similar to PAL and does the same job but is a different system. Think of it like a language. Lets say our TV's speak English but American TV's speak Spanish. Both are effective languages and do the same job but are different from each other. Therefore in the past if you bought a video from America it would not work here in the UK. The same applies for games too. Unless you use a HD connection/cable that is as this acts like a translator or a language they both can speak.

All that would happen if you tried to use a standard PAL connection with a NTSC game is that you might not get a colour picture or the resolution would be screwed up or even not get a picture at all.

I hope that makes sense mate. You shouldn't have any problems if indeed Australia use PAL but if at any point you import software from America or Japan etc then make sure you are using a HD cable to connect your system to the TV.