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.
Individuals
Rivalries between players 1st Party2nd PartyTimespanSourceGlen JakovichWayne Carey1991–2004
Rivalries between coaches 1st Party2nd PartyTimespanSourceFos WilliamsJack Oatey1950–1978Kevin SheedyMick Malthouse1984–2013
International Canada–United States (49th Parallel Cup)
Australia
Interstate South Australia–Victoria South Australia–Western Australia Victoria–Western Australia
Australian Football League
Local AFL derbies West Coast v Fremantle (Western Derby) Adelaide v Port Adelaide (Showdown) Brisbane Lions v Gold Coast (QClash) Sydney v Greater Western Sydney (Sydney Derby)
Victorian Football League rivalries Carlton v Collingwood Essendon v Carlton Melbourne v Collingwood Richmond v Collingwood Hawthorn v Essendon Richmond v Carlton Essendon v Collingwood Essendon v Richmond North Melbourne v Hawthorn Hawthorn v Geelong Essendon v North Melbourne Collingwood v Geelong Geelong v Richmond Fitzroy v Collingwood South Melbourne v St Kilda
Interstate rivalries Western Bulldogs v Greater Western Sydney
Recent rivalries Collingwood v West Coast West Coast v Sydney Brisbane Lions v Collingwood Collingwood v Port Adelaide Fremantle v Carlton Hawthorn v Sydney
South Australian National Football League Norwood–Port Adelaide (main article: Port Adelaide–Norwood) Port Adelaide–Sturt North Adelaide–Glenelg
West Australian Football League East Fremantle–South Fremantle (Fremantle Derby)
Tasmanian State League Clarence Football Club-Glenorchy Football Club] Launceston Football Club-North Launceston Football Club Clarence Football Club-Lauderdale Football Club North Hobart Football Club-Glenorchy Football Club
Northern Territory Football League St Mary's–Darwin
Victorian Football League/Association
Coburg–Northern Bullants (main article: Battle of Bell Street) Williamstown–Port Melbourne
Tallangatta Football League Beechworth–Chiltern Kiewa-Sandy Creek–Mitta United
United States New York–Boston
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