But Mr Galuccio will have to fight against the weight of history to match that success.
It is the third time in the Super Cup's 22-year history that the match will be contested outside of Italy.
If Leeds manage to beat Manly in the World Club Challenge it would make them the first team in the 33-year history of the match to be crowned world champions in consecutive years after they defeated Melbourne Storm 11-4 at Elland Road last year.
It was the longest tennis match in history measured by games and elapsed time.
Speaking of sports, you have probably already forgotten the names Nicolas Mahut and John Isner , but their feat of carrying on the longest pro tennis match in history will likely last forever.
The newly formed club will play the first competitive match in their history against Munster on Saturday, 4 September.
Isner, who was involved in the longest match in tennis history at Wimbledon in 2010, won the game and then broke the Argentine's serve in the next to set up a clash with Spanish 18th seed Feliciano Lopez.
It seems funny to say it, because they have both had so many big games over the years and have won European Cups and the like, but it will be the biggest match in the history of the two clubs.
The famous examples of match fixing in history- the Black Sox baseball scandal of 1919, the New York college basketball scandal of the 1950s or the English football match fixing of the early 1960s all involved players on either no pay or low pay.
Federer had to dig deep to beat the former U.S. Open champion 3-6 7-6 19-17 in four hours 26 minutes, the longest match in Olympic tennis history.
Two years after winning the longest match in grand slam history, No.10 John Isner was at it again as he faced France's Paul Henri-Mathieu in a marathon encounter.
The Frenchman overcame American John Isner in the second-longest match in French Open history in the previous round, which lasted five hours 41 minutes, but he could not repeat the effort as he went down in another five-setter 6-4 6-4 1-6 4-6 6-1.
Here is a look at how the teams match-up financially and in the history books.
"You were witnessing history, " he went on, noting the match-ups: Willis Reed and Wes Unseld, Bill Bradley and Jack Marin, Dick Barnett and Kevin Loughery, Dave DeBusschere and Gus Johnson.
On Saturday they will create history when they meet Ireland in the first football match to be staged at Croke Park, but Robinson said there will be no room for sentiment with both sides desperate for victory.
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The Barbarians, playing their first match in Australia in their 119-year history, beat England at Twickenham last week but could barely get their hands on the ball in the opening period.
On court for three hours and 29 minutes it is the longest recorded match in the season-endning tournament's history.
Instead, turn on Pawn Stars on the History Channel or Oprah or even a replay of the 1978 match-up between the Cowboys and the Redskins.
UConn will be going for its eighth national championship to match Tennessee for the most in women's basketball history.
It's one of the most eagerly awaited match-ups in the 46-year-old history of the iconic sporting event and most experts have it to close to call.
Gloucester and Munster went into the game with plenty of history between them already, including the so-called "Miracle Match" from 2003 when they won 33-6 to reach the last eight at Gloucester's expense.
Nova Southeastern may not match up with Harvard or Yale when it comes to history and prestige, but the law school is trying to make up for its lack of pedigree with a technology focus.
To say that Saturday's match against Hull is the biggest in the club's history, would be an understatement.
So that was a good plus point because a lot of people said that the fight shouldn't happen, it can't happen, that fight happened today and it was a great heavyweight match up and you saw a guy cement his place in history.
Such a turnout would match the 1997 election for being the lowest in Pakistan's history, AP reported.
The pre-match build-up will include reflections on six decades of FA Cup history, in-depth interviews with managers and players, and 'Goal of the Tournament' with Radio 1's Chris Moyles and Comedy Dave.
The match is being described in Leicester as the biggest in the club's history.
Milan won the match 2-1 and lifted the European Cup for the 7th time in their history.
Scotland seemed to sense the match was slipping away, and though they battled to keep Ireland out for the remainder of the match, the visitors were always on the front foot and will march to Cardiff with history beckoning.
Then on Monday they travel to Durham for their final County Championship match in second place and with a real chance of winning the title for the first time in their history.
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