All twenty teams that have qualified for the 2015 Rugby World Cup appear, but only ten of them are fully licensed.

The England team is one of those unlicensed due to their likeness already appearing on rival game Rugby Challenge 3.

[2][3] IGN gave the game a 1.5 out of 10, noting major bugs, that the game's AI was still poorly implemented, that it still used pre-determined outcomes for tackles, and that while less buggy than the same system in Rugby 15, the ruck implementation had an "emphasis on speediness [that] results in a lot of frustration and an overall lack of control."

In conclusion, it was felt that the game was essentially a re-branded version of Rugby 15 rushed out in time for the actual World Cup.

Ironically, during the actual Rugby World Cup, Japan would notably upset South Africa in an opening round match.