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Sidhe rugby league game

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Sidhe rugby league game

Stand right behind the try-line with ‘Rugby league 2’, one of the highly realistic computer games developed by the Wellington company Sidhe Interactive. The Sidhe team modeled more than 500 real-life players and many actual moves such as shoulder barges and contesting the high ball. Sidhe is an official games developer for Microsoft, Sony and Nintendo.

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Mark Derby, Knowledge-based industries – Design and digital content, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/21755/sidhe-rugby-league-game (accessed 10 June 2026).

Story by Mark Derby, published 1 March 2010.