just a few quotes from a gamespot review ive read in regards to graphics and gameplay/A.I.
"Rugby League runs on the Renderware engine, and like EA's Rugby 2004, this gives the players a certain quantity of realistic animation but extremely flat and mostly emotionless faces. Developers Sidhe have covered for this to a certain extent, as all of the actually playable angles are from a quite high perspective, which covers up some of the more glaring clipping and animation boo-boos quite effectively. If you're looking for a completely realistic visual simulation of your favourite team, Rugby League is quite, quite far from it. There are only a few instances, though, where the choppy visuals really affect play; most notably is the fact that you can run through the middle of a completed scrum, which, quite frankly, looks ridiculous."
"In single player mode, Rugby League isn't that strong a title, primarily because the computer AI commits some quite stunning blunders"