Editing South Australia (section)

===Australian rules football===
[[File:McLeodMarkcrop.jpg|thumb|The [[Showdown (AFL)|Showdown]], a [[local derby]] between South Australia's two AFL teams {{AFL Ade}} and {{AFL PA}}]]

[[Australian rules football]] is the most popular spectator sport in South Australia. In 2006, South Australians had the highest attendance rate for the sport of any state, with 31% of South Australians attending a match in the previous twelve months.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.abs.gov.au/AUSSTATS/abs@.nsf/Lookup/4174.0Main+Features12005-06?OpenDocument=|title=4174.0 - Sports Attendance, Australia, 2005-06|date=25 January 2007|access-date=1 October 2022|website=[[Australian Bureau of Statistics]]}}</ref> South Australia fields two teams in the [[Australian Football League]] (AFL): the [[Adelaide Football Club]] and [[Port Adelaide Football Club]]. The two teams have an intense rivalry called the [[Showdown (AFL)|Showdown]].<ref name="Culture War">{{cite web|url=https://indaily.com.au/sport/football/2021/08/06/culture-war-getting-the-lowdown-on-showdown/|title=Culture war: getting the lowdown on Showdown|last=Rucci|first=Michelangelo|date=6 August 2021|access-date=1 October 2022|website=InDaily}}</ref> The traditional home of Australian rules football in South Australia was [[Football Park]] in the western suburb of [[West Lakes, South Australia|West Lakes]], which was the home ground of both AFL teams until 2013. Since 2014, both teams have used [[Adelaide Oval]], near the city centre, as their home ground.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-09-29/adelaide-oval-success-boosts-afl-crowd-figures/5777552|title=Adelaide Oval success boosts AFL crowd figures|date=29 September 2014|access-date=1 October 2022|website=ABC.net.au}}</ref>

The [[South Australian National Football League]] (SANFL), which was the premier league in the state before the advent of the Australian Football League, is a popular local league comprising ten teams: Sturt, Port Adelaide, Adelaide, West Adelaide, South Adelaide, North Adelaide, Norwood, Woodville/West Torrens, Glenelg and Central District.

The [[Adelaide Footy League]] comprises 68 member clubs playing over 110 matches per week across ten senior divisions and three junior divisions. It is one of Australia's largest and strongest Australian rules football associations.<ref>{{cite web |url-status=dead |url=http://www.saafl.asn.au/ |title=South Australian Amateur Football League |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090702020422/http://www.saafl.asn.au/ |archive-date=2 July 2009 |access-date=5 July 2009}}</ref>