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The sum of margins of 13 points across six consecutive meetings is by far the narrowest in VFL/AFL history, with 28 points (South Melbourne vs Melbourne, 28 points, 1898–1900) the nearest challenger for six consecutive games. In Round 4, 2008, the era of consistently close games came to an end when the Swans smashed the Eagles by 62 points.
This list deals with Australian rules football rivalries in Australia and around the world. This includes club teams, which compete in local derbies as well as matches between club teams further afield. Also lists international rivalries and rivalries between individual players.
Many South Australian supporters also resent the Melbourne-based AFL for not recognising its history and low representation in the official Australian Football Hall of Fame. Port Adelaide Football Club's bid to defect to the AFL in 1990 was seen as a major scandal and an act of betrayal by South Australians. Many of the club's supporters resent ...
The Big Blue, [1] [2] is the name of the soccer rivalry in Australia between Sydney FC and Melbourne Victory.While the main colour of both teams and their respective states are shades of the colour blue, in Australian English the word "blue" can also mean "a fight, brawl or heated argument".
The inaugural Peter Mac Cup between the rivals took place in Round 6 of the 1993 AFL season. The trophy is named in honour of Sir Peter MacCallum MC, a Scottish-born Australian oncologist who was the co-founder of the Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre in Melbourne. [9] Since 2010, Collingwood home matches are played for the Peter Mac Cup.
Representative matches are played at underage level as part of the men's and women's Underage National Championships, notably the AFL Under-19 Championships and AFL Women's Under-18 Championships. Throughout its pre–State of Origin history, Victoria , as represented by the Victorian Football League , was the dominant state in representative ...
Pages in category "Australian Football League rivalries" The following 17 pages are in this category, out of 17 total. ... Sydney Derby (AFL) Sydney–West Coast AFL ...
Melbourne Victory 6–0 Adelaide United (18 February 2007) The Grand Final match of the 2006–07 league campaign, with both Adelaide and Melbourne to reach their first A-League Finals trophy. The game had most goals and largest victory in an A-League Grand Final with Archie Thompson scoring five goals and Kristian Sarkies scoring the sixth ...