Port Adelaide–Norwood rivalry

Norwood–Port Adelaide rivalry
First meeting15 June 1878
(Port Adelaide 0–1 Norwood)
Latest meeting6 July 2025
(Port Adelaide 76-93 Norwood)
Next meeting23 August 2025
Statistics
Meetings total420
All-time series (SANFL only)Norwood 204 wins
Port 199 wins
Drawn 17 times
Largest victoryNorwood def. Port by 122 points
round 5, 1997 at Adelaide Oval

The Port Adelaide–Norwood rivalry is Australian rules football's oldest and one of its most intense. It is contested between the Norwood Football Club and the Port Adelaide Football Club. Together, Port Adelaide (36) and Norwood (31) have won 67 South Australian National Football League (SANFL) premierships since the founding of the competition in 1877, 49.3% of all SANFL premierships as of the 2024 SANFL Grand Final. As the SANFL competition has been suspended due to war, only 132 seasons have been played, therefore together Norwood and Port Adelaide have won exactly half of all SANFL premierships awarded. The two clubs have met in finals 50 times, with 17 of those grand finals including two war-time grand finals.