How the simulator works

Prop (Right, Left)

Attacking Role

• Running tight hit-ups off the dummy half
• Running tight hit-ups off the halves
• Offloading

Defensive Role

• Defending right up the middle of the ruck

 

Yeah, it's fully functional at the moment other than:

- proper time-keeping
- general play kicking
- offloads
- special restarts (everything at the moment just starts with a play-the-ball)

 

Second Row (Right, Left)

Attacking Role

• Running hit-ups off the halves
• Running into gaps off the halves
• Offloading

Defensive Role

• Defending three across from the ruck

 

Lock

Lock is frankly the position I'm least happy with at the moment, in attack at least. The original plan was to give several options for the role of the lock in accordance with tactics - ball-player, extra second rower, extra wide runner etc - however I encountered an annoying problem early on that I ended up using the lock the fix.

For every play, there's someone taken out of the line by the fact that they're playing the ball. As such, the lock is always involved in a reshuffle to fix this problem. Essentially, he either plays the role of one of the halves, one of the centres or one of the second rowers in attack, for every play - he's basically an on-field utility. Someone like Luke Lewis, Alan Tongue or Matt Hilder would be perfect for the role as it also comes with the burden of being the main defender, but the likes of Paul Gallen or Tonie Carroll would be much better served in the second row.

I'll try to change this up in future releases, however it's important to remember the role of the lock as what it is now.

Attacking Role

• Playing as either a half, centre or second rower depending on who is playing the ball

Defensive Role

• Defending one across from the ruck
• Along with the hooker, the most important defender

 

Play them at lock.

 

Yeah, that'd work really well.

The likes of Young being effective isn't what makes me unhappy though; it's the fact that John Morris suddenly becomes an awesome option there. We'll live though.

 

Haha, out on the full. Penalty; game lost.