There have been some interesting genre crossovers in the last thirty years or so of gaming. We’ve seen Puzzlers merge with RPGs; we’ve seen FPS games, once a strict on-the-rails 
style of game, slowly become absorbed by the Sandbox sub-genre of gaming; not forgetting the various genres that have been infiltrated in recent years by the Rhythm-base genre of games- Racing, Puzzlers and Platformers are all guilty of this. And now we come to a whole new ball game of genre crossover- the Sporting/Tower Defence game.
The Tower Defence and Sport genres seem like an odd mix at first, but actually, in real world terms, sports teams are all about buying the right units, putting them in the correct tactical positions, to try and meet your objectives, be they scoring the most points of finishing with the most team members on the field or whatever. So why have there not really been too many Sport Tower Defence games? Or at least ones that have been so damn good? In fact sports crossover titles are pretty limited on the whole. I mean no one has ever developed an FPS in which instead of guns everyone fights wit lacrosse racquets, or an Action-Adventure title featuring Tim Henman trying to escape from some sort of zombie-infested island using only his tennis skills.
So until Marvel vs DC: Tiddlywinks Extravaganza is released, here’s The Rugger Boys, from developers Anuman, a Tower Defence game in the sporting world of rugby. This definitely appeals to my Tower Defence and Strategy loving side, but with a quirky, sporty twist to proceedings. And while there may not be an actual tower to defend, in this game the touchline is your tower. You will have an opposing squad of rugby players coming at you, and it is up to you to purchase your players to combat them, and try to out-scrum them, so you can score enough trys to win the level. As you play, you can increase the amount of money you receive to spend on units, allow you to have more players on the field at any time, and unlock new recruits for you to use against your opponent.
