Wednesday,
March 14,
The
ANNOTICO Report
You
have to hand it to those Britishers, they are Consistent
in putting the worst possible slant on anything Italian, so I have slightly
edited the article to be a lot less superior, especially since
The
Italian Rugby team, not only got it's first "away" victory (vs Scotland, 37-17 ) since being Admitted to the Six
Nations Rugby Tournament in 2000, it followed up with an at
home victory (vs Wales, 23-20 ). marking the first time the
I
hope the
Bad
News: (1)
Bad
News (2)
Good
News :Talismanic
Rugby
was not previously able to compete with Soccer for Italian Interest, but
Italian newspapers were ecstatic over
After
eyeing four players the brothers
Mirko and
Unlikely
Band of Heroes Kick into Touch a Nations Football Misery
Disillusioned by
football scandals and battered by economic woes and political instability,
For the first
time rugby, which has struggled for a place in the hearts of a football-mad
nation, was on the front pages after
Companies
sponsoring the Azzurri took out full-page
advertisements glorifying the nations new pin-ups.
Goodness,
said one woman studying the picture over her morning cappuccino in a
The win contrasts
with the tarnished image of Italian football after match-fixing scandals and
stadium violence. The death of a policeman in riots at
The win over
Fantastic Italy! La Stampa trumpeted.
We did
it again! We have become adults finally, gloriously. Bellissimo! Corriere
della Sera said. Everyones gone mad for rugby.
Our luck has changed at last. And the headline in La Repubblica ran:
The press
reported the fury of Gareth Jenkins, the
But the emphasis
was squarely on
International
Rugby Board rules allow
Mr Berbizier
said that he was hoping for a hat-trick when Italy face Ireland on
Saturday, noting that in France we say that where there are two, there
must be a third. But he cautioned against hubris, saying
We will know
we have arrived when we are no longer astonished to win, Il Giornale said. At least we can face
There was some
comfort for
RUGBY IN ITALIAN:
‘Molla la gola!’ Let go of my
throat
‘A me
la palla, tonto!’ Pass me the ball, you
dummy
‘Arbitro,
mettiti gli occhiali!’ Put your specs on,
ref
‘Vai vai vai!’ Go go go
Estremo full back
Tre quarti ala aperta destro right wing
Tre quarti ala chiusa
sinistro left wing
Mediano d’apertura fly half
Mediano di mischia scrum half
Terza linea ala openside
flanker
Tallonatore hooker
Mischia scrum
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