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==Rivalries==
{{Main|Showdown (AFL)}}
Adelaide has a fierce rivalry with fellow South Australian AFL team [[Port Adelaide Football Club|Port Adelaide]]. Matches between the two teams are known as the '''Showdown'''. The Showdown rivalry significantly draws upon the bitter, [[Winner-take-all market|winner take all]], competition for the two South Australian licences to join the AFL in the 1980s and early 1990s.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.afl.com.au/news/199292/origins-of-the-showdown|title=Origins of the Showdown|date=3 May 2015|access-date=7 October 2022|website=AFL.com.au}}</ref> The Showdown is often considered the best, and most bitter, in the Australian Football League with [[Malcolm Blight]], [[Australian Football Hall of Fame#Legends|Australian Football Hall of Fame Legend]], stating in 2009 that "there is no doubt it is the greatest rivalry in football".<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/sport/afl/expert-opinion/michelangelo-rucci/port-adelaide-and-the-crows-have-established-the-best-derby-in-australian-football/news-story/cd35184c56021e9ad14831435c641ace|title=Why we win the derby Showdown|access-date=2017-04-15|archive-date=1 September 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210901033815/https://www.adelaidenow.com.au/sport/afl/expert-opinion/michelangelo-rucci/port-adelaide-and-the-crows-have-established-the-best-derby-in-australian-football/news-story/cd35184c56021e9ad14831435c641ace?nk=34a8c4ba929f3d7e793604e83b8b8ed4-1630467495|url-status=live}}</ref>