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How many of these "Recent rivals" are actually real rivalries? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Thegio35 (talk • contribs) 08:31, 11 August 2010 (UTC)
If Collingwood and Adelaide are rivals, I will go he. Close matches don't maketh the rivalry. Pies fans couldn't care less about the Crows. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 124.190.211.89 (talk) 12:34, 10 November 2010 (UTC)
Honestly, can we lock this page? Rivalries are something that are created between two sides over many years, not just because you support a certain team and want to have a rivalry with someone. Thegio35 (talk) 12:18, 2 September 2011 (UTC)
Seeking a consensus to a potential edit war. An IP editor is attempting to change the final statement in the Essendon vs Melbourne section to "However, with the exception of the 2000 Grand Final, this rivalry has lost its intensity." I would prefer to leave it as "However, in the modern era, this rivalry has lost its intensity."
My contention is that, by the definition in the lead of this article, "AFL team rivalries are matches in the Australian Football League which typically draw large crowds and interest regardless of both teams' positions on the ladder." The simple fact that two teams contest a Grand Final does not fit into this definition, because the large crowd and interest are drawn because of, not regardless of ladder position. This Grand Final did not lead to any sort of long-term invigoration of the rivalry between these two teams. Aspirex (talk) 01:23, 20 May 2012 (UTC)
I'm thinking about renaming this article. "AFL team rivalries" to me doesn't sound formal enough, and I think a better name for it would be "Rivalries in the Australian Football League". Likewise, I will propose the same change for NRL team rivalries, whereby I would change the name of that article to "Rivalries in the National Rugby League".
What does everyone think about this change? MasterMind5991 (talk) 01:30, 28 May 2013 (UTC)
Does it still exist?
The AFL has abandoned most "special" round names these days. I have a feeling Rivalry Round was one of those to disappear. HiLo48 (talk) 09:02, 17 April 2014 (UTC)
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===Missing Rivalry=== there was one rivalry that was noticably absent from this, the one between Port Adelaide and Collingwood. this is the only things i know: it started back in 1990 before Port were in the league, but could have started further back in the All-Australian Champion (i think that what it was called, could be wrong) matches. When Port applied to join the then VFL in 1990, Collingwood opposed them using the black and white colours, and the magpie logo, which it still stood by when Port eventually got admitted in 1997. their first matches were heated, and Port had to arrange a deal so they could wear the 'jail bars' SANFL Port guernsy in one of the Heritage Rounds because Collingwood opposed it. Lynx Raven Raide 04:35, 16 January 2007 (UTC) |
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Could this be considered a recent rivalry?
For what it's worth, anecdotally I know many Melbourne-based St Kilda supporters who do not regard GC as a rival at the moment Striker161 (talk) 05:58, 12 August 2023 (UTC).
Due to the lack of survey data throughout VFA/VFL/AFL history, I guess this is all subjective anecdotal options? If this is true, I'd argue the following are recent rather than traditional rivals:
- Hawthorn v Geelong: a fantastic team rivalry between 2008-2016 whilst both clubs were dominant, but since then, before then? Is there any evidence of a rivalry outside these years other than the epic 1989 Grand Final?
- Collingwood v Geelong: Undoubtedly, these supporters despise each other now (in 2023), but what rivalry existed prior the last couple of decades? Striker161 (talk) 06:10, 12 August 2023 (UTC)