Submitted by paloaltissimo t3_ytg1r0 in sports
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MissorNoob t1_iw4b0nf wrote
The title of this post makes it sound like they've never won anything ever against Australia
paloaltissimo OP t1_iw4bali wrote
Yes, it's Italy first ever win against Australia.
CA_Orange t1_iw4bkhd wrote
Almost seems like no one has ever won against Australia...at anything.
MissorNoob t1_iw4bq3w wrote
It's all that Australium, they're a superhuman nation
MrSquishypoo t1_iw4dwfk wrote
As an Italian/Australian, can confirm.
I sweat pasta sauce and can crush beer cans with my sweat.
I am immortal.
/s
iama_bad_person t1_iw4egok wrote
As dogshit as the All Blacks are rn I'm glad the Aussies have fallen even harder.
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Kiltedjedi t1_iw4gg20 wrote
This gives me the fear. If Italy are now beating Australia then Wooden SPoon for the 6 Nations incoming for Scotland
J_Shinguarto t1_iw4gkuo wrote
Shouldn't you be half immortal then?
impactedturd t1_iw4i9i4 wrote
it's literally italy's first ever win.. (i really like this alliteration)
gurudoright t1_iw4j1x2 wrote
Just keep kiwiing hard bro
PugWithAGun t1_iw4k9z4 wrote
As a nation we're only just getting over the 2006 world cup round of 16 loss and now this... give us a break.
FunneMonke1 t1_iw4kojy wrote
Wow I’m just a casual but that’s crazy they’ve never bested them!
WickedSlice_ t1_iw4krcw wrote
Meanwhile, the Australian rugby league team is going into the Rugby League World Cup Final against Samoa.
I don’t understand why anyone follows Union in Australia when it is in such an awful state.
orangutanoz t1_iw4lkk7 wrote
It was a big win for Australia when the Italians came.
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paloaltissimo OP t1_iw4mkff wrote
Rugby is a sort of elitist sport.
To get the idea, Wales have not beaten the All Blacks (NZ) for like 70 years.
thore4 t1_iw4muzb wrote
Let's not go into times Italy beat Australia with a world cup coming up or I'm gonna get mad again
RichBitchRichBitch t1_iw4pcdf wrote
They have to have something to live for those fuckers 😂
Might as well be rugby
RichBitchRichBitch t1_iw4phy6 wrote
Like watching rugby league “World Cup” when SAMOA makes the final 😂
It’s a joke of a competition
zombyboy10k t1_iw4qx0p wrote
Finally Italy and emu’s have something in common
PuTheDog t1_iw4raof wrote
His mortal half just beat his immortal half, thus becoming full immortal
sweep_the_legs t1_iw4rhkk wrote
lol Australian Union, when will it finally die off
chaosarcadeV2 t1_iw4sat2 wrote
2 reasons -I’m Australian -I like rugby union Admittedly it is hard to watch
raindog_ t1_iw4sbwi wrote
A match dominated by Italy, and an absolutely moronically stupid tackle from Lucas Neil, yet every single one of us dumbasses believes it was a robbery.
raindog_ t1_iw4sh5i wrote
I don’t get the comment. Are they not allowed to make the final of a World Cup after beating England to make it there?
neutrino71 t1_iw4u3bp wrote
"God loves New Zealand, he gave them boiling mud" 🎶🎵
anth9845 t1_iw4ubue wrote
Clearly Italy winning is legitimate but Samoa? That's where we draw the line.
neutrino71 t1_iw4ufze wrote
We eat spiders for breakfast, skip rope using venomous snakes and wrestle 5 metre saltwater crocodiles rather than pay for gym membership. Harden up, buttercup
WickedSlice_ t1_iw4vg6i wrote
Right? Borderline racist!
Beastplex t1_iw4vrc2 wrote
That’s not an alliteration champ
landofthebeez t1_iw4wonl wrote
What's with the clock bait headline?
thore4 t1_iw4x3tu wrote
Oh yeh and you probably think the moon landing was real and the Earth is round. Get out of here with your conspiracies mate
HeyMrKelly t1_iw4xad1 wrote
Dogshit take.
Dominated by Italy? Wtf? Did actually you watch the game? Aus played a stellar game, strong movement up the the pitch and looked genuinely dangerous for most of the match.
It was a robbery. Bad tackle from Neil, but a blatant dive by Grosso. There were two distinct movements, him jumping over Neil, then dragging his back foot and deliberately falling over. Soft penalty if ever there was one.
raindog_ t1_iw4xi4u wrote
What fucking conspiracy? If anyone thinks there's conspiracies it's the people who think this match was "RIGGED BY THE REFS CAUSE FIFA WANTED ITALY IN THE QUARTERS".
We can't as a nation admit that lucas fucking neil made a dumbass tackle that ALWAYS should have been a penalty. You cannot make those tackles inside the box.
Zakkar t1_iw4xiy8 wrote
It's OK to follow a sport you like, even if you don't win all the time.
WickedSlice_ t1_iw4xrr3 wrote
Never said it wasn’t my guy, I just don’t understand why people support an inferior product.
forwardAvdax t1_iw4xuz1 wrote
Oooooooof
MrSquishypoo t1_iw4ydod wrote
The real question is why it got downvoted. 😂
Forgot the /s I guess
Zakkar t1_iw4yg9m wrote
It's not an inferior product. I personally find league boring, particularly international league which is mostly Australians pretending to be from other countries. But, it's all eye of the beholder stuff.
J_Shinguarto t1_iw4yy9d wrote
Yeah even I upvoted.
Zakkar t1_iw4z0iw wrote
I think the only major nation they are now yet to beat is NZ.
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MrSquishypoo t1_iw4z3ni wrote
They hate us cause they anus
WickedSlice_ t1_iw4zfxj wrote
It is an inferior product, if it was a better product it would be more popular than league.
On top of that, how a Union fan can say that league is more boring than Union is nuts to me.
derneueMottmatt t1_iw4zo7f wrote
It seems to me (as casual a Rugby fan there can be) that the dominance of the southern hemisphere is slowly diminishing. Would you agree?
FaultyTerror t1_iw4zpsl wrote
It's a world cup year so Scotland, Wales, England and Ireland will be battling for it.
greywolfau t1_iw4zwdr wrote
The Old God Fruit 'N' Nut are having a rough old time this year.
Zakkar t1_iw4zy5q wrote
Well then league is an inferior product, because it's internationally much less popular.
I find league really boring, struggle to get through 10 mins. But I don't go on Reddit threads about league to go on and on about it.
edb21395 t1_iw50a07 wrote
And England
stogie_t t1_iw50a2j wrote
Dogshit for NZ is different to everybody else’s dogshit. You bastards can still beat any team on your day, even with Foster in charge.
stogie_t t1_iw50nz3 wrote
Only NH teams in great form right now are France and Ireland. We only look weaker now cause Aussies keep dragging us down (lmao) and NZ still have the best players but are stuck with poor coaching and management. Don’t forget Argentina too, they’re on bloody great form.
I would agree though that we aren’t really dominant over NH right now, it’s pretty balanced all over the field.
stogie_t t1_iw50wcc wrote
Only place where League is more popular than Union is in Australia cause they suck at Union lmao. By your logic League is the inferior product.
stogie_t t1_iw50z8r wrote
Don’t think it’s about race but how tiny the population of Samoa is.
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And Papua New Guinea
[deleted] t1_iw51old wrote
How can you talk about all the Southern Hemisphere teams and forget about the World Champs?
Barforama1 t1_iw51ulw wrote
I mean if Scotland could actually play rugby for 80 minutes they would be alright. (Obviously this is the case for most teams but as a Scot it hurts so much)
itsalonghotsummer t1_iw528eb wrote
>It is an inferior product, if it was a better product it would be more popular than league.
lol
You do realise union dwarfs league globally?
(And football dwarfs union.)
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itsalonghotsummer t1_iw52f72 wrote
I suspect the dig is because the Samoa team is mainly Australians.
So the final is Australia v Australia C, or something along those lines.
lewger t1_iw52kcr wrote
I mean they'll play rarely in the world cup or occasionally on the spring tour. It's not a set fixture. Plus I'm sure Australia would rather be playing England / France / Ireland.
impactedturd t1_iw52lbf wrote
I like how it sounds together. It sort of rhymes. Haha who knew r/sports was so big on words
raindog_ t1_iw52za4 wrote
Ah yeah - I didn't think of it like that. Probably fair enough.
stogie_t t1_iw54b9o wrote
My bad lmao, that’s actually my country. Kinda forgot I wasn’t on the rugby union sub with my South African flair on.
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Lol that actually makes sense why you'd forget them. It's all good bro.
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WickedSlice_ t1_iw55ikr wrote
Yes, I do. Except in Australia, it is a shit product and the organisation is terrible.
WickedSlice_ t1_iw55jpa wrote
So they’re not allowed to be good?
Bruch_Spinoza t1_iw55lym wrote
It’s assonance not alliteration
WickedSlice_ t1_iw55od0 wrote
It’s not because they suck at Union, it is because league has a long storied history in Australia.
zboyzzzz t1_iw55y8g wrote
Literally only 2 out of 6 states in Australia
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taspleb t1_iw56cbg wrote
So for the NRL do you wait until like three quarters of the way through the season and then just barrack for whoever is on top of the ladder?
YurtYurtBaby t1_iw56yz1 wrote
They've been playing rugby union internationally since the 80s, they're far from shit. Australian rugby isn't in a great place right now due to two different codes clashing, but both teams are exceptional.
Whorucallsad t1_iw574u6 wrote
By that logic Fiji aren't allowed to be the best in the world at rugby 9s.
YurtYurtBaby t1_iw575an wrote
Japan is highly competitive now too, which is good to see. Australian rugby has been poorly managed due to the two major codes clashing for the same demographic
mlhender t1_iw576gi wrote
Or Italy played really well? What a GREAT game by Italy!
Ingr1d t1_iw58ube wrote
You literally just disproved your own inferior product claim.
bigloudbang t1_iw59q5v wrote
Worth noting that half of Australias population lives in those 2 states
TheBigCore t1_iw5avbc wrote
Australia favors Rugby League and Aussie Rules Football, so Rugby Union is a distant third there.
Decent_Preference_95 t1_iw5clgw wrote
I don’t know about you but this kind of sounds like an insult “dude you just made history you never won before but now you did”
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DroppedD94 t1_iw5dffc wrote
I don't think it's elitist anymore. I also don't see why elitism has anything to do with that.
Regardless, Ireland only beat the All Blacks for the first time in 2017. And we've beaten them a few times since. I'm hoping we go up against them in the quarters. If it's between All Blacks and a home-playing, undefeated French team, I'm picking the Kiwis
LostKeez t1_iw5e9fo wrote
I dunno, NZ’s talent stocks have never been weaker looking at Super Rugby form. I really don’t think NZ is in the position it was previously and if the Wallabies didn’t have yet another inept coaching setup they should have been an actual threat. For once, NZ isn’t running deep in world class talent across the park.
andrs901 t1_iw5ejwn wrote
Go Bokke?
ConfidentVisit4629 t1_iw5fhp2 wrote
Italy can go back to wining after north Macedonia 🇲🇰 ended their World Cup hopes 🤣
tobymurphy24 t1_iw5hcb6 wrote
Why down vote this, who cares that he used the wrong word we all know what he meant and it was a pretty cool point
a_moose_not_a_goose t1_iw5hgym wrote
“It’s coming to Rome” flashbacks intensify
tobymurphy24 t1_iw5hrh5 wrote
How about doing some research into the history of the organisations before saying stuff like this. League is more popular than union because the working class of the early 1900s wanted to get paid for sport and league was the sport that came in and paid them. Along to this union lost a lot of its players after WWI and ever since league has dominated union. Now union pays players, so I don't see how it has anything to do with this
hazardous_situation t1_iw5i2cn wrote
I'd hazard a guess and say Union isn't more popular than League in any state, and League is probs only the third most popular sport in the country behind cricket and Aussie Rules.
WickedSlice_ t1_iw5i4um wrote
I don’t know how that goes against my opinion?
Aqueousflow t1_iw5j53t wrote
Dedicated to Leno. Iykyk.
austin2step t1_iw5j7al wrote
Good to see them getting ready for the World Cup in Qatar. Gonna be a fun squad to watch.
bigloudbang t1_iw5kiio wrote
Cricket isnt usually in the convo as its a summer sport. But yeah AFL is larger, league 2. I dont think the gap is as large as people think though
Union is a distant afterthought
No-Fee-9428 t1_iw5lmrs wrote
Never thought I would see the day!.
hazardous_situation t1_iw5lpzw wrote
Yeah, being from Brissy I'll hear about the Broncos, Lions, Heat and even the Roar, 1000x more often than I'll ever hear anyone mentioning the Reds or whoever the Union team is lmao
impactedturd t1_iw5v1zs wrote
Thanks I appreciate the correction! 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
kocknocker19 t1_iw5vzlu wrote
Union is behind Cricket, soccer and perhaps even basketball too. It's a joke compared to where it was 20 years ago
Zakkar t1_iw5x28m wrote
No, union is definitely more popular than league in Western Australia, and by players numbers is more popular vs the rest of the AFL states. Minuscule compared to Aussie rules though.
duckybahh t1_iw5x8ru wrote
Rugby Union is almost at the point of it even being a top 10 sport in Australia and has extremely low viewership numbers
duckybahh t1_iw5xage wrote
nah footy is afl mate
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heijin t1_iw5yzhu wrote
mirror video: https://youtu.be/rl-LajD_yIk
Pons__Aelius t1_iw5ze9q wrote
The move to pay TV killed Aus Rugby.
Same with Cricket.
chattywww t1_iw601jg wrote
How come it seems (may be mistaken) but Union players are paid better than League
Obodin t1_iw602o3 wrote
upvote for metres
Neanderthal888 t1_iw60egn wrote
Does that mean Australia is going to get our first ever win against Italy at the FIFA World Cup? 😀
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Aussiechimp t1_iw6343b wrote
Not in Australia, plus there are 17 fully pro league team, 18 Pro Aussie Rules teams and dozen of semi pro. There are 5 Pro union teams.
Aussiechimp t1_iw63mgc wrote
Of the squad 2 were born in Samoa, 9 in Australia, 13 in NZ
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hal2000 t1_iw63x7l wrote
That’s exactly it. They “looked dangerous”. They were never a true danger to Italy. You admit that they had the appearance of one but not quite.
HeyMrKelly t1_iw64t52 wrote
It's a figure of speech, nimrod.
Ooft. They needed a dodgy last minute penalty to get past us, but Oz were 'never a true danger'. Seems legit lol.
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No_Lawfulness_2998 t1_iw6707y wrote
The Irish have though
The all blacks are terrible rn
notj43 t1_iw68mra wrote
Both things can be true
notj43 t1_iw68s8a wrote
No need to attack Storm fans like that
Mosh83 t1_iw6c6qb wrote
Wait, I moved away from Australia in 1996, and I remember Rugby League being the more popular? Or does memory fail me, it's been a long time.
gbc02 t1_iw6c6y5 wrote
Illiteration.
BurningVeal t1_iw6ek7y wrote
Probably but then Italy never qualified!!
Neanderthal888 t1_iw6ex6i wrote
Oh right…. 😆
IngVegas t1_iw6grz8 wrote
No they haven't. They're a good team. That was effectively their B team and Italy played really well.
IngVegas t1_iw6gv0n wrote
Yes. France will win the World Cup in France next year.
IngVegas t1_iw6h02j wrote
I don't know about Australia but New Zealand drew with Italy at a World Cup not too long ago. That's got to be massively embarrassing. In fact, New Zealand was unbeaten during the entire tournament.
IngVegas t1_iw6h3hv wrote
Nobody plays rugby league though and it's boring and predictable.
ravingwanderer t1_iw6inxx wrote
It’s what’s called a malapropism.
Unforgiven89 t1_iw6jhw8 wrote
The 12 union fans in australia will be devastated.
AlphaElectricX t1_iw6k8uq wrote
Yeah how silly of him.
Did you know that dad and racecar are both examples of a parallelogram?
Blewfin t1_iw6kle4 wrote
Not even close. A malapropism is a mangled expression, like 'bone apple tea' (instead of 'bon apetit'.
Blewfin t1_iw6kntd wrote
Only drew because of a diving Daniele De Rossi as well. Should have beaten them.
Alphachadbeard t1_iw6n9ys wrote
Illitaly
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SkarredGhost t1_iw6nsfl wrote
Oh my God, as an Italian I didn't think it was even possible!
evildicey t1_iw6ocyf wrote
As a welsh person…you have nothing to worry about!
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Mosh83 t1_iw6q6jd wrote
Just he said Union is a joke to what it was 20 years ago, did Union have some spurt of popularity in the early 2000s or has it been a constant downhill?
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FlotsamOfThe4Winds t1_iw6riv1 wrote
"Italy beats Australia in important match"
2006 flashbacks intensify
EatThatPotato t1_iw6w7t7 wrote
I missed the England-Japan game yesterday cause ironically I had to sleep early to catch some live rugby today. I checked the score and Japan seems to have received a drubbing. Such a shame, a strong Japan is in the best interest of Asian Rugby. I wonder what happened between almost beating France and yesterday
harrybo93 t1_iw6wm7p wrote
This will be interesting, because isn’t there a lot of Italian history/ancestry in Scotland? Will be a helluva clash! In a civil manner over a beer or two of course…not tribal and violent like football.
InGenAche t1_iw74bmu wrote
Australia are rubbish ATM though.
InGenAche t1_iw74hfa wrote
They were dire yesterday.
ShibuRigged t1_iw74ttc wrote
It’s not really the elitism. It’s because it’s such a high scoring sport that small differences can still result in predictable score lines.
It’s part of why upsets are rare.
SpeakMySecretName t1_iw7e2kn wrote
Wrong sport. The rugby World Cup is next year.
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Perpete t1_iw7mb89 wrote
Scotland was fiercely battling against New Zealand today for more than an hour. The level at top of rugby nowadays is extremely dense.
matti-san t1_iw7n6hi wrote
> s dogshit as the All Blacks are rn I'm glad the Aussies have fallen even harder.
Unfortunately, neither situation is all that good for the sport long-term
Ok_Calligrapher_8199 t1_iw7qxbd wrote
It’s not a sports thing. Bill Gates released a statement that he likes Parmesan cheese better than he likes koalas.
RuggerJibberJabber t1_iw7sn0o wrote
Its a difficult and complicated game. It takes a lot of work and organisation to be able to compete with the best. People should be proud to reach that level.
I'm not just talking about the team itself, but the underage system, academies and professional clubs to develop the talent, along with quality facilities and coaching.
The game is probably more competitive right now than it has ever been as well.
blacklite911 t1_iw85cq2 wrote
Maybe the world is catching up???
blacklite911 t1_iw85gwo wrote
Why not though. It’s not good that other countries win?
matti-san t1_iw87eho wrote
While Italy getting better at rugby is good, it's not good if two of the biggest rugby nations are getting worse. Most casual fans will start looking for their sporting fix elsewhere if it goes on too long - and given rugby vies for attention with some of the most popular sports on the planet (along with some very popular regional sports), it's not ideal.
Nicholarse_Angle t1_iwbv48g wrote
Please keep IAN FOSTER FOR LIFE
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Nicholarse_Angle t1_iwfpfe1 wrote
Oh fuck off
Nicholarse_Angle t1_iwfpozo wrote
Yeah, Union is played by almost every country in the world, League is only played by a handfull of countries.
Nicholarse_Angle t1_iwfqcgb wrote
*Rugby 7s
Whorucallsad t1_iwfr124 wrote
Ah whoops! Cheers.
Nicholarse_Angle t1_iwfraq6 wrote
No worries
zboyzzzz t1_iwft7pj wrote
I reckon union's more popular in every state except those 2. Doesn't mean it's popular overall, just *more. * Other states have a general disdain for league but respect union. Purely anecdotal of course, couldn't find any stats
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Nicholarse_Angle t1_iwfx9k9 wrote
Sure, but Union > League
WickedSlice_ t1_iwfxau0 wrote
Agree to disagree?
Nicholarse_Angle t1_iwfxiu7 wrote
WickedSlice_ t1_iwfymrx wrote
A beer and biltong then?
Nicholarse_Angle t1_iwfz03n wrote
I would love a beer and some biltong. It's hot as Hell in the part of SA I live. I would love a beer.
WickedSlice_ t1_iwfzwme wrote
Early for it to be so hot! I live in a cold part of Aus and am wondering where spring is!
ComprehensiveDingo0 t1_iwkhywq wrote
France sent a C team over the summer.
ComprehensiveDingo0 t1_iwki52r wrote
what clickbait?
RichBitchRichBitch t1_iwkudbl wrote
Nothing to do with racism you test - when your sport’s world cup has less depth than the average domestic league in pretty much any other sport (rugby league) - you don’t have much ground to stand in criticising another (union)
FlagmantlePARRAdise t1_iwn59qe wrote
Cause all the best rugby players in Australia play league. We need a kangaroos vs all blacks one off match with hybrid rules please.
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