A great Australian sporting tradition has made it to Russia.

With thousands of Aussie fans descending on Kazan for the Socceroos’ opening game of the FIFA World Cup on Saturday night, there was a distinctly green and gold flavour in the city.

That extended through the weekend, when drowning sorrows after a 2-1 loss to France still ended up bringing people together in a celebration of inane group challenges.

A group of Australian travellers, including three brothers from Perth, began to stack their beer cups for fun while drinking in the local World Cup fan zone. The stack continued to grow to a point where other travellers wanted to take photos with it.

Next thing you know, there were hundreds of people gathered around one of the greatest standing beer snakes you will ever see.

WATCH IT COME TOGETHER IN THE VIDEO ABOVE

Dylan Mitsopoulos estimated there were more than 1000 cups in the stack before they had to stop because “we literally couldn’t get anyone high enough” to keep stacking.

In Australia, sporting bodies and venues are doing everything they can to eliminate the beer snake. But in Russia, it’s alive and well.