Rugby World Cup 2023 Fantasy - Game Guidelines

1. Introduction

Welcome to Rugby World Cup 2023 Fantasy, where you can build your own RWC 2023 Fantasy team of 15 players who will earn points based on their actual performances during the tournament, compete against your friends, family in private leagues and fans worldwide in the Global Leaderboard!

Below is a step-by-step guide on how to play, including registration, creating your team, making transfers, scoring and everything else you need to know to play.

2. Registration & Login

Rugby World Cup 2023 Fantasy is completely free of charge.  Simply register or login with an existing World Rugby account to play.

3. Team Creation

You have 100 credits to build a team consisting of 15 players.  Your team will be built from the following position categories:

Position	Players per position
Props	2
Hooker	1
Locks	2
Loose Forwards	3
Scrum Half	1
Fly Half	1
Centres	2
Outside Backs	3

Loose forwards are a combination of players who play as #8’s or flankers. You can select any combination of players for from these positions for this position, such as:

• 2x #8’s, 1x Flanker
• 2x Flankers. 1x #8
• 3x #8’s
• 3x Flankers

Outside backs are a combination of players who play as full backs or wingers. You can select any combination of players for from these positions for this position, such as:

• 1x Full Back, 2x Wingers
• 2x Wingers, 1x Full Back
• 3x Wingers
• 3x Full Backs

There will be restrictions on how many players you can select per nation depending on the stage of the tournament, outlined below:

Tournament Stage	Restriction
Pool Stage	3
Quarter Finals	4
Semi-Finals	5
Final & Bronze Final	6

You can add players to your team by pressing the + icon next to any available player on the player pool.

You can remove players from your team by pressing the “Remove” button located on the player profile, which can be opened by clicking or tapping on a player.

If you don’t want to manually select your first team, you have the option to autofill your team. This will auto-populate any empty positions within your team using your remaining credit allowance.

Once you have successfully saved your team you will be able to make as many changes as you like before the tournament starts by taking advantage of your unlimited transfers.

4. Captain

For each round you must select a captain who will score double points for your team.

You will be able to change your captain by pressing the “Captain” icon available in a player’s profile.

You can change your captain an unlimited number of times, as long as your current captain and prospective captain are both yet to play in the current round.

Once your captain choice becomes locked (their match has kicked off), your captaincy choice will be locked and cannot be moved to another player until the round is complete.

5. Boosters

You will have 3 boosters that are available to you over the course of the tournament. Each booster can be used once for the pool stage and once for the knockout stage of the tournament giving you the opportunity to play with boosters 6 times.

You can only play one booster at a time (i.e. you cannot play your Triple Captain & Defensive King booster in the same round).

Boosters can only be applied to players who have not yet played in the round (i.e. not locked) and can be reset up until the boosted player becomes locked in that round.

A description of each booster is below:

Triple Captain – Your captain will score you triple points for their next match.

Super Kicker – The player you apply the Super Kicker booster to will score double points for the following kicking based scoring metrics in their next match (be aware that this will also double negative scores for missed kicks):

• Conversion scored
• Conversion missed
• Penalty scored
• Penalty missed
• Drop goal scored
• Drop goal missed

Defensive King – The player you apply the Defensive King booster to will score double points for the following defensive based scoring metrics in their next match (be aware that this will also double negative scores for missed tackles):

• Each turnover forced
• Each interception
• Each tackle made
• Each tackle missed

7. Transfers

You will be given unlimited transfers to use over the course of the tournament.

Before the tournament starts you can make as many changes as you’d like to your team as no players will be locked.

Once the tournament starts, you will only be able to transfer in or out players that are yet to play in the round (i.e. not locked).

You will not be able to transfer in or out a player that is locked until the current round is complete, and the next round becomes active.

8. Lockout

Rugby World Cup 2023 Fantasy will implement a rolling lockout mechanic whereby players will become locked as soon as their team plays in the current round. This means a player is confirmed in your team for the upcoming round, and their points will contribute to your team’s scoring.

Once a player becomes locked in the current round you can no longer make a transfer or apply a booster to them until the round concludes and lockout is lifted.

Lockout will be automatically lifted once all fixtures in the current round have concluded.

9. Scoring System

Players will be awarded points based on their actual performances during the Rugby World Cup 2023.

Players will score points based on the metrics outlined below:

Action	Points
Playing 1-60 minutes	1
Playing 61+ minutes	2
For each try	15
For each try assist	9
For each conversion	2
For each missed conversion	-1
For each penalty goal	3
For each missed penalty	-1
For each drop goal	3
For each missed drop goal	-1
Yellow Card	-5
Red Card	-10
For each turnover forced	4
For each interception	5
For each lineout won on own throw	1
For each lineout steal on opponents throw	5
For each lineout error (includes handling error, not straight or lost outright)	-2
For each tackle made	1
For each tackle missed	-1
For each defender beaten	2
For each offload	2
For each line break	7
For each line break assist	5
For every 10 metres gained	1
For each penalty conceded	-1
For each error (knock on or forward pass)	-1
For scrum won outright (awarded to entire front row) Only to be awarded to: Props Hookers	3 (Points only to be awarded to the Props & Hookers who were actively playing at the time a scrum was won)

10. Leaderboards

Once your team has been saved, it will automatically be entered in the Global Leaderboard where you can see where you stand against others.

The overall Global Leaderboard includes all other users worldwide who have entered a RWC 2023 Fantasy team.

11. Mini Leagues

You have the ability to create and join an unlimited number of public or private mini leagues over the duration of the Rugby World Cup 2023 Fantasy.

Creating a public league means that this will be openly available for all users to join from the “Join a League” page.

Creating a private league means that others can only join this league if you share the league information with them via:

• Sharing the league code
• Inviting via email
• Inviting via Facebook
• Inviting via Twitter

If you have created a league, you are able to remove users from your league up until that league starts scoring.

12. Matchday Schedule

Round	Start Time (BST)	End Time (BST)
1	Friday, September 8 (20:15pm)	Sunday, September 10 (23:00pm)
2	Thursday, September 14 (20:00pm)	Sunday, September 17 (23:00pm)
3	Wednesday, September 20 (16:45pm)	Sunday, September 24 (23:00pm)
4	Wednesday, September 27 (16:45pm)	Sunday, October 1 (23:00pm)
5	Thursday, October 5 (20:00pm)	Sunday, October 8 (23:00pm)
6 (Quarter Finals)	Saturday, October 14 (16:00pm)	Sunday, October 15 (23:00pm)
7 (Semi-Finals)	Friday, October 20 (20:00pm)	Saturday, October 21 (23:00pm)
8 (Final & Bronze Final)	Friday, October 27 (20:00pm)	Saturday, October 28 (23:00pm)