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Examples of TheRival in sports.

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* The UsefulNotes/WiltChamberlain[=/=]UsefulNotes/BillRussell [[https://www.nba.com/encyclopedia/ryan_rivalries.html rivalry]]
* More than ''30'' UsefulNotes/{{tennis}} rivalries have their own pages on [[Website/{{Wikipedia}} The Other Wiki]].[[note]]To be exact, 36 as of October 2023.[[/note]] Just to name a few...
** [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evert–Navratilova_rivalry Chris Evert and Martina Navratilova]]
** [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Djokovic–Nadal_rivalry Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal]]
** [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federer–Nadal_rivalry Roger Federer and Nadal]]
** [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Williams_sisters_rivalry Serena and Venus Williams]] as singles rivals; they also have [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Williams_sisters a separate page]] for their doubles partnership
* There is no love between the NBA's Paul Pierce (Boston Celtics) and UsefulNotes/LeBronJames (Cleveland Cavaliers/Miami Heat/ LA Lakers), particularly due to the frequent on-court duels between the two. One even went to the full seven game series, with Pierce ultimately winning and getting a ring before James. [=LeBron=]'s losses to the Celtics was one of the biggest reasons as to why he left to form a Big 3 with Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh in Miami, to counter that of the Celtics' Big 3 of Pierce, Kevin Garnett and Ray Allen. It got so bad that James exclusively referred the Celtics as "that team", and Pierce ''certainly'' doesn't bother with showing any sign of sportsmanship with James (e.g. no handshakes, no hugging, barely talks to James off the court and so forth).
** It goes back even further than 2008. They got in a few verbal confrontations during [=LeBron=]'s rookie season, and once nearly got into a fistfight in the locker room over a pre-season game prior to [=LeBron=]'s sophomore year.
* For a long time, there was even less love between UsefulNotes/KobeBryant and Creator/ShaquilleONeal—The Other Wiki has [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shaq–Kobe_feud its own article]] on their relationship, or lack thereof. However, by the end of Shaq's career, things began to improve between them, and this trend continued in the final years of Kobe's career.
* Hockey has its [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Hockey_League_rivalries fair share.]]
** [[Series/HockeyNightInCanada Don Cherry]] and European players, though he's softened in recent years.
* Many football clubs have these.
** Manchester United vs. Liverpool a.k.a. 'El Vitriol', and historically the British equivalent to Spain's 'El Clasico'. Arguably the most famous one, since the two are widely accepted to be the most storied clubs in England. Even with United's decline in recent years (most recently, an aggregate 9-0 defeat across the home and away matches in the 21/22 league season, United's worst aggregate defeat since the 19th century, [[JustToyingWithThem without Liverpool really getting out of third gear in either match]]), it still reliably pulls in an audience in the hundreds of millions worldwide.
*** Manchester United vs. Leeds United. Although this died down after Leeds' epic collapse in the 2000s, and following Leeds' return to the top flight, only they really take it seriously.
*** Manchester United vs. Arsenal during the TurnOfTheMillennium
** Manchester United vs. Manchester City
** Liverpool vs. Everton a.k.a. 'the Friendly Derby'. It got the name for off-pitch reasons — it's the only derby that doesn't enforce fan segregation, since fans of both teams can usually be found in the same family, sometimes even players: Steven Gerrard was a legendary Liverpool captain, while his cousin, Anthony Gerrard, came up through the Everton academy system, but left before playing a senior game for them. Indeed, sometimes players grow up supporting the other team, as with Liverpool legend Jamie Carragher, a boyhood Everton fan. However, ''on'' the pitch, it's the single dirtiest fixture in top-flight history.
*** Liverpool vs Manchester City. In the latter half of TheNewTens, partly as an extension of the Klopp/Guardiola rivalry from their time at Borussia Dortmund and Bayern Munich respectively, partly because Liverpool were the one side that for years City couldn't get the better of one-on-one (which led to City coming off the worst in the Champions League, repeatedly), and because the two sides have dominated the English game from 2017 onwards, often being neck and neck for the title and usually leaving everyone else in their wake - since the 17/18 season, City have only gained one more point than Liverpool, while their nearest rivals were over 80 points behind. As of 21/22, the home and away matches finished in tense 2-2 draws, while Liverpool overpowered a depleted City in the FA Cup semi-final, they're only one point apart in the league, and they could yet meet in the Champions League final.
*** Liverpool vs Chelsea after the Abramovich takeover and up to the early [[TheNewTens New Tens]], largely thanks to several classic Champions League encounters and a bitter personal rivalry between Liverpool manager Rafael Benítez and Chelsea manager José Mourinho. Ironically, Benítez would go on to manage Chelsea, while Mourinho would end up managing Liverpool's arch-rivals Manchester United (and get sacked after a 3–1 defeat to Liverpool).
** Celtic vs. Rangers a.k.a. the Old Firm. This one is one of the most incendiary derbies in world football, thanks to the sectarian undertones - Celtic are traditionally the 'Catholic' team, and Rangers the 'Protestant' team. It got to the point where Katie Adie, a legendary BBC War Correspondent, noted during UsefulNotes/TheTroubles that you could generally predict riots based on the fixture list. Though The Troubles have died down as a FreudianExcuse to escalate the rivalry, there are other excuses, as Celtic is seen as more pro-Scottish Independence, and Rangers is seen as more British Loyalist.
** Arsenal vs. Tottenham
*** Arsenal vs. Chelsea as well during the TurnOfTheMillennium and TheNewTens.
** Newcastle vs. Sunderland
** Aston Villa vs. Birmingham City
** Southampton vs. Portsmouth
** Watford FC vs. Luton Town — Proving that it's not just the more well-known clubs who hate each other's guts.
** West Brom vs. Wolverhampton Wanderers
** Nottingham Forest vs. Notts County
** El Clásico: Barcelona and Real Madrid are THE most famous [[ArchEnemy arch-enemies]] in club football.
*** Lionel Messi vs. Cristiano Ronaldo is arguably the greatest individual rivalry in football right now; it began in earnest when both were in La Liga, on the respective opposite sides of El Clásico.
** Real Madrid vs. Atlético Madrid
** Real Betis vs. Sevilla
** FC Barcelona vs. Espanyol
** Celta Vigo vs. Deportivo La Coruña, though this also died down recently after Deportivo's collapse.
** Levante vs. Valencia
** Valencia vs. Villareal
** Real Sociedad vs. Athletic Bilbao
** Granada vs. Málaga
** Atlético Madrid vs. Athletic Bilbao
** Real Madrid vs. Athletic Bilbao
** Sheffield Wednesday to Sheffield United
** ''Der Klassiker'': Bayern Munich vs. Borussia Dortmund
*** Bayern Munich vs. 1860 Munich (when the latter is in the Bundesliga)
*** Bayern Munich vs. Hamburger SV
*** Bayern Munich vs. [=VfB=] Stuttgart
*** Bayern Munich vs. Werder Bremen
*** Bayern Munich vs. 1. FC Nuremberg
** Hamburger SV vs. Werder Bremen
** Karlsruher SC vs. [=VfB=] Stuttgart
** Hertha Berlin vs. Union Berlin, between Union's promotion in 2019 and Hertha's relegation in 2023
** Hannover 96 vs. Eintracht Braunschweig
** ''Revierderby''[[note]]"Revier" is an alternate German term for the Ruhr region. Said term originated as a contraction of the German ''Bergbaurevier'', for "mining area"; the Ruhr has long been a major coal-mining region.[[/note]]: Schalke 04 vs. Borussia Dortmund (though Schalke is now out of the Bundesliga)
*** A derby involving other clubs in the Ruhr (e.g. [=VfL=] Bochum, MSV Duisburg, Rot-Weiss Essen) are sometimes called ''kleines Revierderby'' (minor Revier derby).
** Bayer Leverkusen vs. Borussia Mönchengladbach
** 1. FC Köln vs. Borussia Mönchengladbach
** ''Derby della Madonnina'' or ''Derby di Milano'': Inter Milan vs. AC Milan
*** Inter Milan vs. Juventus
** Juventus vs. Inter Milan
*** Juventus vs. AC Milan
*** Juventus vs. Torino
*** Juventus vs. Napoli
*** Juventus vs. Roma
*** Juventus vs. Fiorentina
** ''Derby della Capitale'': Roma vs. Lazio
*** ''Derby del Sole''[[note]]"Derby of the Sun"[[/note]]: Roma vs. Napoli
** Genoa vs. Sampdoria
** ''Derby della Scala''[[note]]from the Della Scala aristocratic family, aka Scaligeri, that ruled Verona for much of the late Middle Ages[[/note]] or ''Derby di Verona'': Hellas Verona vs. [=ChievoVerona=], before Chievo went belly-up
** ''Derby dell'Appennino'' [[note]]"Derby of the Apennines", from the mountain range that separates the cities involved[[/note]]: Fiorentina vs. Bologna
** Bologna vs. Parma
** Atalanta vs. Brescia
** ''Derby dello Stretto''[[note]]"Derby of the Strait"; the clubs are located in cities on opposite sides of the Strait of Messina that separates Sicily from mainland Italy[[/note]]: Messina vs. Reggiana
** Palermo vs. Napoli
*** Palermo vs. Catania
*** Palermo vs. Cagliari
** Galatasaray vs. Beşiktaş vs. Fenerbahçe
** Panathinaikos vs. Olympiacos — The two most storied sides in metropolitan UsefulNotes/{{Athens}}.
** Aris vs. PAOK — Northern Greece's version, involving the two main clubs in Thessaloniki.
** Crvena zvezda (Red Star) vs. Partizan – Divides Belgrade.
** Benfica vs. Sporting CP within Lisbon; on a national level, they're joined by FC Porto.
** Brighton and Hove Albion vs. Crystal Palace — Proving that you don't need to be neighbours to be rivals.
** AFC Wimbledon vs. Milton Keynes Dons — A case where the rivals are even farther removed geographically than the above, but are indelibly linked by history. MK Dons are the same corporate entity as the former Wimbledon FC, but virtually everyone outside Milton Keynes itself (and quite possibly some within that community) considers AFCW, founded by Wimbledon fans in response to the move, as at least the SpiritualSuccessor to the original Wimbledon.
** And don't think the United States (and, by extension because of [[UsefulNotes/MajorLeagueSoccer MLS]], Canada) is immune from this:
*** The Cascadia Cup between the Seattle Sounders, Portland Timbers, and Vancouver Whitecaps has been contested ''de jure'' since 2004, but the rivalry between the three clubs has existed for ''nearly fifty years'' and ''across four different leagues''.
*** [[PunnyName El Tráfico]] is the intra-city derby for Los Angeles, contested by LA Galaxy and Los Angeles FC.
*** The city's previous MLS rivalry, involving the Galaxy and the now-defunct Chivas USA, was called the [=SuperClásico=].
*** California Clásico is contested between LA Galaxy and San Jose Earthquakes.
*** ''La Chanclásico''[[note]]A made-up compound word from ''chancla'' (Spanish for "flip-flop", as in sandal), and ''clásico''. The rivalry trophy is a flip-flop. Seriously.[[/note]] is contested between Angel City FC (out of Los Angeles) and San Diego Wave FC, both of which joined the National Women's Soccer League in 2022.
*** The Hell Is Real Derby[[note]]referring to a prominent Christian-themed billboard alongside Interstate 71, located about halfway between Cincinnati and Columbus[[/note]] involves FC Cincinnati and the Columbus Crew.
*** The Brimstone Cup is between Chicago Fire FC and FC Dallas--who were originally known as Dallas Burn.
*** The Atlantic Cup is contested between DC United and the New York Red Bulls. New York City FC has not been cut into the rivalry.
*** The Trillium Cup is contested between Columbus Crew and Toronto FC, so named because "trillium" is the official flower of both Ontario and Ohio.
*** The Turnpike Derby[[note]]Florida's Turnpike connects Orlando with Miami-Dade County[[/note]] is contested between Orlando City SC and Inter Miami. Orlando City also has a more fan-based rivalry with lower-tier Tampa Bay Rowdies as an extension of the "War on I-4".

* Basketball outside the US also has its share:
** Australia
*** Melbourne United vs. Sydney Kings
*** New Zealand Breakers[[labelnote:*]]which have played in Australia's league throughout that competition's existence[[/labelnote]] vs. Perth Wildcats: "The Derby of Distance", involving the league's two most widely separated teams.
** Germany: Alba Berlin vs. Bayern Munich vs. Brose Bamberg
** Greece: The same pairs mentioned in the "football/soccer" list also have intense basketball rivalries.
** Italy
*** Fortitudo vs. Virtus, between the two clubs in basketball-obsessed Bologna.
*** Olimpia Milano vs. Varese vs. Cantù (Lombardy)
*** Treviso vs. Reyer Venezia (Veneto)
** Lithuania: Rytas vs. Žalgiris, the two most successful clubs in the basketball-obsessed country, respectively based in the capital of Vilnius and second-largest city of Kaunas.
** In the Philippine Basketball Association, the flagship rivalry is the derby between Ginebra and Purefoods (aka. The Manila Clasico), which are the two most popular pro teams in the Philippines.
*** Another rivalry has sprouted between Alaska and San Miguel, due to their status as the PBA's most successful active franchises.
*** To a lesser extent, we have the rivalry between San Miguel (currently the winningest team in terms of PBA titles) and the ever-popular Ginebra, mostly sparked by the two being in the same ownership group. Also adding fuel to the fire is the fact that the two teams currently have the two tallest players in the PBA: San Miguel has 6'11" Philippine National Team star [=JuneMar=] "The Kraken" Fajardo, while Ginebra has 7-footer Ateneo alumnus Greg "Greg-Zilla" Slaughter.
** Russia: CSKA Moscow vs. Khimki vs. Triumph Lyubertsy, the three main clubs in metro Moscow.
** Serbia: Partizan vs. Red Star is every bit as intense in basketball as in football.
** Spain
*** Barça vs. Real isn't just big in football.
*** Barça has its own regional rivalry with Joventut Badalona.
*** As does Real with Estudiantes.
*** Baskonia vs. Bilbao vs. Gipuzkoa: The three main clubs in the Spanish Basque Country.
*** Canarias vs. Gran Canaria: As you might guess, the two main clubs in the Canary Islands.
** Turkey
*** Galatasaray and Fenerbahçe are also part of a three-way Istanbul rivalry, but the third party here is Anadolu Efes. Beşiktaş, Darüşşafaka, Bahçeşehir, and Büyükçekmece also join in on the fun.
*** Türk Telekom vs. Ormanspor in the nation's capital of Ankara, with TED Ankara also involved when they're in the top league.
*** Karşıyaka vs. Petkim in İzmir.
*** Bursaspor vs. Tofaş in Bursa.
* This trope is probably played straightest in boxing, not surprisingly considering the 1-on-1 aspect of the sport. The most famous rivalry was between UsefulNotes/MuhammadAli and Joe Frazier, with Frazier still bitter long after their respective retirements. This was the classic form of rivalry, as they were completely opposed in the ring and out in terms of temperaments, attitudes, and persona.
* Some sports rivalries, including 99% of all college sports, don't include the "respect" part. In the case of rivalries like Auburn-Alabama (Auburn famously won their 2013 football matchup), Ohio State–Michigan, Duke–North Carolina (mainly in basketball, where their teams are usually much better), Cal–Stanford (Stanford to this day still contests how their 1982 football matchup ended), UCLA–USC, Cincinnati–Xavier (mainly in basketball; XU hasn't played football since the mid-70s), or Arizona–Arizona State, there's nothing but pure hatred. "Sports rivalry" just has a better ring to it than [[ArchEnemy "sports arch-enemyship"]]. The Other Wiki has [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/College_rivalry#United_States an incomplete list of the many intercollegiate sports rivalries in the U.S.]] Though a fairly comprehensive list can be seen here at [[UsefulNotes/CollegiateAmericanFootball our page for College American Football]].
* Alexei Yagudin and Evgeni Plushenko, possibly the fiercest rivalry in the history of figure skating.
** Averted with Yuzuru Hanyu and Javier Fernández. When he moved to Toronto Cricket Club, Hanyu (who idolized Plushenko) fully expected to have a rivalry with Fernández of exactly the magnitude between Plushenko & Yagudin. It never happened - Yuzuru and Javier got along quickly and famously. A Website/{{YouTube}} search will turn up plenty of compilations of sweet friendship between the two.
* Soccer-wise, there's a well-established rivalry between Brazil and Argentina. Others with large traction include Portugal–Spain, Netherlands–Germany, England–Argentina, Mexico–USA, and Japan–South Korea.
* Regarding Brazil and soccer, the local teams have [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Brazilian_football_derbies plenty]]. Most cities have 2 major teams that hate each other. Recife has 3. UsefulNotes/{{Rio|DeJaneiro}} and UsefulNotes/SaoPaulo[[note]]though one is not in the city itself, but in nearby Santos, a major port city in São Paulo state[[/note]] each have 4!
* UsefulNotes/NationalFootballLeague rivalries:
** The NFL is littered with [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Football_League_rivalries rivalries.]] Some date back to the league's early days while others are more recent, but they all share the same aspect of adding an extra layer of nastiness to an already physical and violent sport. Perhaps the most intense and bitter rivalries are between divisional opponents, such as: Green Bay Packers-Chicago Bears, Dallas Cowboys-Washington Commanders, New York Giants-Philadelphia Eagles, San Francisco 49ers-Seattle Seahawks, Las Vegas Raiders-Denver Broncos, and Pittsburgh Steelers-Baltimore Ravens.
*** Special mention goes to the NFC East division (Dallas Cowboys, New York Giants, Philadelphia Eagles, and Washington Commanders). Unlike other divisions, where each team might have one other team they specifically single out as their rival more so than the other teams in the division, all four teams' fanbases ''hate'' the other teams, to the point that the only proper answer to "Who would you root for between (two division rivals)?" is to want [[Film/TheDarkKnightRises Bane to blow up the stadium]].
*** The AFC West (Denver Broncos, Kansas City Chiefs, Las Vegas Raiders, and Los Angeles Chargers) is this to a lesser degree.
** Creator/TomBrady versus Creator/PeytonManning. You could really go either way on this one. As of October 5, 2013, their regular season passer ratings were virtually identical, as well as their significantly lower playoff passer ratings. Brady holds the edge in championships and win percentage, while Peyton has more [=MVPs=] and All-Pro nods. The consensus among people that examine their entire careers is that Brady usually has a better defense, but Peyton has a better offensive supporting cast (though on occasion neither has been true). The rivalry mostly exists between the two ''teams'' that have the other player; Brady and Manning themselves have [[WorthyOpponent a great deal of respect for each other]]. Tom and Peyton even differ greatly in draft position; Peyton went first overall in 1998 while Tom two years later had to wait until New England picked him at #199.
** NFL quarterbacks that come out of the same draft year, particularly if they were picked in the first round, are usually compared as rivals. Especially later on in their careers when the stats start piling up. Examples: 2017 Draft was Patrick Mahomes vs. Deshaun Watson, 2016 Draft was Jared Goff vs. Carson Wentz, 2015 Draft was Jameis Winston vs. Marcus Mariota, 2014 Draft was Blake Bortles vs. Johnny Manziel vs. Teddy Bridgewater vs. Derek Carr (2nd Round). The list goes on.
*** One particular noteworthy draft rivalry was the 1998 Draft between Ryan Leaf vs. Manning due to how lopsided both their careers went with Leaf completely falling apart, and Manning having a Hall of Fame career. Comments against Indianapolis from Leaf led to Manning going first overall, with Leaf's situation leading to a draft-day trade in 2004 sending Peyton's brother Eli to the Giants in exchange for Phillip Rivers.
* [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Major_League_Baseball_rivalries Major League Baseball rivalries]]:
** New York Yankees vs. Boston Red Sox, the most famous (and possibly most terrifying) of them all. In terms of World Series titles, it's incredibly lopsided. The Red Sox were one of the top teams in the early days of baseball, having won 5 of the first 15 World Series played (to the Yankees' 0)...and then the Yankees managed to win '''26''' before the Red Sox got their 6th, which came in the ''100th'' World Series played (which Boston got to by famously overcoming a 3–0 deficit against the Yankees). (It now stands at 27–9.) Even with the lengthy drought, however, the Red Sox' 9 titles stands as tied for third most with the Philadelphia/Oakland Athletics. (The two are also both among the most successful at winning the World Series when they get there--the Yankees winning 68% of World Series they've been in, the Red Sox 69%. Only the Pittsburgh Pirates, who are 71% successful at 5-for-7 (one victory and one defeat coming against the Yankees), and a few expansion teams that have 100% success rates but only 1 or 2 appearances (such as Arizona and the Miami, both of whom also beat the Yankees at least once), are better.)
** Los Angeles Dodgers vs. San Francisco Giants, the West Coast variant and arguably even more passionate and glorious. Both franchises used to be located in New York before both of them decided to move west in 1958. The two teams' rivalries with the San Diego Padres aren't far behind, either.
** St. Louis Cardinals vs. Chicago Cubs, the Midwest version, which splits the state of Illinois, fanbase-wise. Another lopsided rivalry, where the Cardinals have 11 World Series titles (the most recent from 2011) and the Cubs have three (the most recent from 2016, with the previous two in 1907 and 1908 thanks to [[{{Curse}} a vengeful goat owner]]). This one is a bit less vicious than the Yankees/Red Sox rivalry, even bordering FriendlyRival territory. It's mostly teasing, especially from Cardinal Nation's standpoint. As former Cardinals pitcher-turned-broadcaster Al Hrabosky once said, "Any team can have a bad century."
* Larry Bird and [[UsefulNotes/MagicJohnson Earvin "Magic" Johnson]] faced each other in the 1979 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship game (still the highest-rated game in the history of televised college basketball). They both entered the NBA that year, each landing with one of the NBA's bell cow franchises (Bird with the Boston Celtics, Johnson with the Los Angeles Lakers). Between 1980 and 1991, eleven of the twelve championship finals featured Bird's Celtics' (three wins) or Magic's Lakers (five wins), meeting each other three times (the Lakers taking two of three). The Bird/Magic rivalry is often credited from saving the NBA (before Bird and Magic, the NBA Finals were notorious for being shown on late-night tape delay). Ironically the two of them were friends ''off'' the court (having befriended each other filming a commercial that capitalized on their rivalry, no less), with Johnson attending Bird's retirement ceremony and Bird serving as Johnson's presenter during Magic's Hall of Fame induction.
** Lakers–Celtics is a similar rivalry, as both are the most successful teams of the league — both teams have 17 championships, are located in opposite coasts (though it started locally, as the Lakers were in Minneapolis) and made a staggering 12 finals against each other (9-3 to the Celtics so far).
** What sometimes gets forgotten in the Bird/Magic mythologizing is the rivalry that ''both'' teams had in the early Eighties with Dr. J and the Philadelphia 76ers, which was arguably greater than their rivalry with each other. The Lakers and Celtics didn't play each other in the NBA Finals until 1984, but all three times the Lakers made the Finals in 1980, '82, and '83 were against the Sixers, and the Eastern Conference championship was decided between the Sixers and the Celtics in 1980, '81, '82, and '85.
* It used to be the Lakers and the Celtics. What came after was the rivalry between [[UsefulNotes/StephenCurry Stephen Curry's]] Golden State Warriors and UsefulNotes/LeBronJames' Cleveland Cavaliers. These two teams met in the Finals four straight times from 2015 to 2018, with the Warriors being more team-oriented compared to the isolation-heavy, [=LeBron=]-dependent Cavaliers. This rivalry has died down since due in part to [=LeBron=] leaving Cleveland for the Los Angeles Lakers after the 2018 Finals. The Warriors are 3-1 against the Cavaliers, with Cleveland famously overcoming a 3-1 deficit in the second matchup.
** The Warriors also have a fierce rival in their own division in the form of the Los Angeles Clippers. Games between them in recent years have been characterized by heavy animosity, more similar to a college rivalry than to most pro rivalries. It remains to be seen if [[{{Irony}} the other LA team]] will also become a major rival to Golden State now that the aforementioned [=LeBron=] has left Cleveland to join the Lakers.
* Given the straight rivalry between Sydney and Melbourne (see the [[TheRival/RealLife Real Life subpage]]), it seems surprising that their UsefulNotes/AustralianRulesFootball teams averts this trope. This is due to several factors: a) Melbourne Demons only representing the square-mile downtown area of Melbourne, while Sydney Swans represents the eastern half of the Sydney metropolitan area; b) Sydney Swans were formerly South Melbourne Swans; and c) the fanbase for both teams aren't as substantial as some other teams. [[note]]Demons fans are stereotypically considered to live downtown, which has relatively few residents (though a lot of workers), and Swans supporters are stereotypically considered as fair-weather fans.[[/note]]
* In Filipino college sports, we have Ateneo vs. [=LaSalle=]. Both of them are private sectarian colleges well-known for their high standards of education, both of them are powerhouses in college athletics (particularly in basketball), and they both really hate each other. Some consider the rivalry a bigger one than Cal-Stanford or Alabama-Auburn.
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