The phrase "a local rivalry" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a competitive relationship between two entities, such as sports teams or businesses, within a specific geographic area.
Example: "The annual match between the two schools has become a highlight of the year, showcasing the intensity of a local rivalry."
Alternatives: "a regional competition" or "a community feud".
The hope is to start a local rivalry with the New York Red Bulls, who play in Harrison, N.J.
"But I was born in 1964, and my memory of a local rivalry was the Yankees and the Mets," said Dunston.
And it is the Salafists' successful attempts to draw a military response from Israel that has escalated the problem in recent weeks from a local rivalry marked by a series of minor bombings to something more dangerous.
That could mean a local rivalry in the Victoria capital with his old friend Shane Warne, who has already been signed up by the Melbourne Stars, for whom the England all-rounder Luke Wright starred last winter.
In "The Green and the Blue", a scrupulously balanced song about the Celtic and Rangers football teams, she even manages to tease out an upbeat message from a local rivalry that has traditionally acted as a lightning rod for bitter sectarian hostilities.
Saints and Warrington have long been guaranteed to finish second and third and provide at least one blockbuster in the first round of the play-offs next weekend, ensuring the latest instalment of a local rivalry that has been ridiculously one-sided in the Super League era.
If the prospect of a Super League Grand Final was not big enough, the addition of a genuine local rivalry adds further spice to the occasion.
What should have become a great local rivalry was actually killed off by the Tigers.
It had the fervour associated with a storied local rivalry, and was played at the sort of pace which makes imported players goggle-eyed with admiration and, it must be said, a little apprehension.
It will be trumpeted as a great local rivalry, but the reality is that these two clubs can be bracketed together only by geography.
They have a fierce local rivalry with Birmingham City.
