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Well my good freind Doug and I still play this game every weekend as we think it is still the best Rugby game ever (Sorry 08).
He plays as England and I often rotate between NZ and Australia.
He has turned his England team into a formidable unit with stars everywhere. He has the usual suspects, Cohen, Lewsey, Robinson, Wilko, Dallagio, etc.
Usually the only player who I would fear from this team would be Robinson. Actually in the whole game it would be Robinson and Williams who would be scary to mark. Followed closely by Habana, BOD.
However my mate Doug in his scouring of the English countryside for talent on Rugby 06 has unearthed the 06 superstar Tim Stimpson!
He plays Tim Stimpson at fullback (puts Robinson at wing). Honestly this guy Stimpson (who I in my frustration and cursing call him Simpson son of Homer) is almost impossible to mark up and almost impossible to get past.
Despite the stats and what they say Stimpson is as fast and as agile as Robinson and Williams! He is so hard to stop when he brings the ball back and can edge past the fast guys in my AB's. When I decide that I cannot catch him and try to run to meet him at an angle further on, his agility to swerve back inside is painfully hard to stop. He drives me nuts!
Even when I do full team coverage and try and shepherd him into a corner this guy somehow manages to get a tiny edge of a gap and goes through it. It makes me sick watching my mate Doug use him to make the AB backs I use (Howlett, Gear, Kinikinilau, Muliaina, Atiga) look like idiots. Often Stimpson is so fast and agile that he just glides and swerves past these guys with ease.
I often kick it deep but not out and hope to catch Stimpson in his 22 so that I can rush Wilko from a ruck rather than a lineout which gives me a better chance to nail him. A lot of times Stimpson will make good yards if he does not go all the way. Now my mate Doug has realised that bloody Stimpson has a good kick (just like Robinson) and from his own 22 will kick the ball which gets over Gear and rolls into touch inside my 22. So tragic! This guy can kick!
If I play France and hospitalise Wilko with Nyanga....well guess who steps up to do the goal kicking? You guessed it....bloody Stimpson!
Finally that worse thing I hate about Stimpson is that he is a great defender. When I have 2 on one with him...my mate Doug covers both players (sometimes even three) with T Stimpson where it is too hard to try and draw and pass as he hangs off and if I try to sharp step back inside Stimpson then INCREDIBLY Stimpson has the speed to recover and catch up!
Anyway...if you are still playing Rugby 06 on Xbox then I recommend pulling this guy up into the England squad and using him at fullback. He is THE unknown superstar of Rugby 06 and the only thing that he does not have is a star rating even though he is more than one.
He plays as England and I often rotate between NZ and Australia.
He has turned his England team into a formidable unit with stars everywhere. He has the usual suspects, Cohen, Lewsey, Robinson, Wilko, Dallagio, etc.
Usually the only player who I would fear from this team would be Robinson. Actually in the whole game it would be Robinson and Williams who would be scary to mark. Followed closely by Habana, BOD.
However my mate Doug in his scouring of the English countryside for talent on Rugby 06 has unearthed the 06 superstar Tim Stimpson!
He plays Tim Stimpson at fullback (puts Robinson at wing). Honestly this guy Stimpson (who I in my frustration and cursing call him Simpson son of Homer) is almost impossible to mark up and almost impossible to get past.
Despite the stats and what they say Stimpson is as fast and as agile as Robinson and Williams! He is so hard to stop when he brings the ball back and can edge past the fast guys in my AB's. When I decide that I cannot catch him and try to run to meet him at an angle further on, his agility to swerve back inside is painfully hard to stop. He drives me nuts!
Even when I do full team coverage and try and shepherd him into a corner this guy somehow manages to get a tiny edge of a gap and goes through it. It makes me sick watching my mate Doug use him to make the AB backs I use (Howlett, Gear, Kinikinilau, Muliaina, Atiga) look like idiots. Often Stimpson is so fast and agile that he just glides and swerves past these guys with ease.
I often kick it deep but not out and hope to catch Stimpson in his 22 so that I can rush Wilko from a ruck rather than a lineout which gives me a better chance to nail him. A lot of times Stimpson will make good yards if he does not go all the way. Now my mate Doug has realised that bloody Stimpson has a good kick (just like Robinson) and from his own 22 will kick the ball which gets over Gear and rolls into touch inside my 22. So tragic! This guy can kick!
If I play France and hospitalise Wilko with Nyanga....well guess who steps up to do the goal kicking? You guessed it....bloody Stimpson!
Finally that worse thing I hate about Stimpson is that he is a great defender. When I have 2 on one with him...my mate Doug covers both players (sometimes even three) with T Stimpson where it is too hard to try and draw and pass as he hangs off and if I try to sharp step back inside Stimpson then INCREDIBLY Stimpson has the speed to recover and catch up!
Anyway...if you are still playing Rugby 06 on Xbox then I recommend pulling this guy up into the England squad and using him at fullback. He is THE unknown superstar of Rugby 06 and the only thing that he does not have is a star rating even though he is more than one.
