Rugby Star Pokie NZ

When it comes to the sports pokie market, Microgaming have really led the way and that applies to the Rugby Star pokie game. Their “Stars” range include a Basketball pokie, a Football pokie, and the Cricket Stars pokie, for which we recently wrote a review. Despite this varied range of sports, the pokies themselves are not particularly varied. Many of the features, like Rolling Reels, appear across all the Sports Stars pokies – which, in fairness, is no bad thing. However, there are some distinguishing features on the Rugby Star that’ll have you spinning out of a ruck (or maul). Read on to find out more…

Rugby Star Pokie Background

Rugby, also known as Rugby Football, is a team sport invented in the 19^th century. The story goes that a young man, while playing football, decided to pick up the ball and run it to the other end of the pitch. He was a student at Rugby, an English private school. Hence, the sport of Rugby Football. As the sport progressed, the players’ thighs thickened, and their shorts shortened. With the split between Rugby Union and Rugby League, the sport is now as we know it today. And now you can play the pokie machine version of it with symbols depicting head protectors, trophies, legal tackles, rugby spikes, and a big old floodlit stadium.

Pokie Features

Like Cricket Star, Rugby Star also has an incredible 243 pay lines. This means there are a myriad of different symbol combinations which can pay into your pocket. Rugby Star, perhaps as a reflection of the sport’s popularity, has an even higher jackpot than Cricket Star, worth up to 120,000 credits! The pokie also has 40 Rugby Star Wild symbols which substitute for all others except the Scatter symbol. They can also stack on reels 3,4 and 5. Unlike the Wild Wickets feature in the Cricket Star pokie, you get the Wild Pass feature in this one. They function almost identically: you can get up to 2 wild reels across reel 2, 3, or 4. As we mentioned, Rugby Star features the Rolling Reels feature – a staple of these Microgaming pokies. During the main game, you could win multiple re-spins as the Rolling Reels replenish with a win. They can also play an important roll in the Free spins round which is triggered by the scatter symbols. More on that below.

Rugby Star Free Spins

When players get 3 or more rugby ball scatter symbols, then this triggers the free spins round. The number of free spins that you receive in Rugby Star, depends on the number of scatters in the main game. 3 Rugby Ball Scatters: 15 Spins 4 Rugby Ball Scatters: 20 Spins 5 Rugby Ball Scatters: 25 Spins If the Rolling Reels appear within the free spins round, then this sweetens the deal even further. These will award players multipliers worth up to 10x! The scatters in the Rugby Star main game also reward players with a handsome pay out. If you get 5 scatters, then you will receive an enormous pay out. If you bet $50, then you’ll win $12,500!