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We trace how Australian sport found its voice in rivalry, from the Ashes and Bodyline to Bathurst’s Ford–Holden wars and the AFL’s fiercest derbies. Stories of identity, pride, and legacy show why beating your neighbour often matters more than a ladder position.

• Why the Ashes became a national measure of pride 
• Bodyline’s impact on spirit, tactics and fairness 
• Bradman’s legend and the series balance across eras 
• Bathurst as the proving ground for Ford and Holden 
• Peter Brock, Alan Moffat and the “win on Sunday” ethos 
• How manufacturing’s end shaped but didn’t kill the Bathurst divide 
• AFL rivalries from the Adelaide Showdown to Carlton vs Collingwood 
• New derbies in Queensland, New South Wales and Western Australia 
• Why local identity and family traditions fuel these feuds 
• The shared language of passion that rivals still create

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