What is Australia–England sports rivalries?
[[File:Ashes Urn.jpg|250px|right|thumb|[[The Ashes urn]], the [[trophy]] won by the winner of [[The Ashes]] series. The Ashes is widely considered the most important [[cricket]] rivalry in the world, and is played every year between [[Australia national cricket team|Australia]] and [[England cricket team|England]].]] Because [[Australia]] was a colony of the [[United Kingdom]] until [[Federation (Australia)|Federation]] in 1901, as well as other shared history, Australia and the United Kingdom (particularly [[England]]) have many [[sports rivalry|sports rivalries]] in many sports, including [[association football]], [[cricket]], [[rugby league]], [[rugby union]] and many other sports. ==Related pages== * [[Australia–United Kingdom relations]] * [[Australia vs England in rugby league]] [[Category:Sports rivalries in Australia|England]] [[Category:Sport in the United Kingdom|Australia]]