Allez Massy - A Rugby Challenge 2 Career
Recently started a career mode on Rugby Challenge 2 with Massy so thought I would document how it is going on here, hopefully you find it interesting, I normally play FIFA so not sure how well this will go, if you have any questions feel free to ask them and I will try my best to answer.
Starting Competition - Pro D2 (French Second Division)
Difficulty - Normal
Platform - Xbox 360
2012/13 Pre-Season
Went into my first pre-season with Massy hoping to win at least one of the four friendlies against fellow Pro D2 teams that had been lined up for me though I was not expecting any easy games as Massy were rated as the weakest team in the Pro D2 though I had changed the starting 15 and substitutes to include some better rated players, first up was a trip to Carcassonne where the game was pretty even but in the end I ended up with a 22-14 loss though I had been chasing the game from the start.
Following this was a friendly that I expected to be very difficult as a much stronger La Rochelle team were the visitors for my first game at home, as was to be expected I was heavily outplayed here but had a 7-0 lead at half time and near the end of the game was starting to believe I would get an upset win but they got a try and the conversion in the last five minutes to make it 7-7 which is how it finished, felt that was a very good result though.
Next up was a trip to play away to Auch which I felt could result in my first with as they were rated closer in strength to my team, however this matchup resulted in disappointment and a little frustration as I was outplayed and ended up losing by 10 points, had changed my left winger for this game but reversed that change following the match as I felt the change did not work out.
For the final pre-season friendly I had what was my closest matchup as Béziers were the visitors for a match I really hoped to win, thankfully this was a match where I controlled the game from start to finish and got a pretty handy 31-10 win in what I felt was definitely the best game I had during the pre-season friendlies and it gave me some hope ahead of starting the challenge of the league.
August 2012 - Pro D2
August 2012 marked the start of Pro D2 action for my Massy team who I noticed had an increase of team rating from 52.5 to 53.4 which I can only assume is down to the changes I made from the default lineup during pre-season.
There was just one Pro D2 match in August 2012 which was a home game against Albi, I was hopeful of getting something out of this encounter but was unsure how it would go as I did not know anything about the opposition, however I got off to a good start in this match and took a lead into half time, from there I was able to control the game and secured a 21-8 win as well as a bonus point for having scored 3 tries during the match, the last of which came after the 80 minutes were up though looking at the final stats it was pretty even in terms of possession and territory.
Rouge, Johnston and Delarue were the try scorers for me against Albi in the league opener.
Coming up in the next three league matches are trips to Pays D'Aix and Brive followed by a home match against Pau.