What time does the 2025 NRL grand final kick off?
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The 2025 NRL grand final between the Melbourne Storm and the Brisbane Broncos is scheduled to kick off at Accor Stadium at 7.30pm AEDT on Sunday.
Accor Stadium will host its fourth consecutive grand final on October 5, with over 80,000 fans set to flood the stands to support their respective teams.
It will be the first time in five years that the premiership contest has not included the Penrith Panthers, although the Storm will return for a second consecutive year.
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Watch the 2025 NRL premiership live and free on Nine and 9Now.
The Sydney Roosters will look to defend their premiership title in the NRLW grand final earlier in the afternoon on Sunday, where they will face the Brisbane Broncos.
Craig Bellamy and Michael Maguire pose with the premiership trophy. Getty
NRL GRAND FINAL SCHEDULE
AEDT (Sydney, Canberra, Melbourne, Hobart): 7:30pm
AEST (Queensland): 6:30pm
ACDT (South Australia): 7pm
ACST (Northern Territory): 6pm
AWST (Western Australia): 4.30pm
New Zealand: 9.30pm
HOW TO WATCH THE 2025 GRAND FINAL
The 2025 NRL and NRLW grand finals will be shown live and exclusively on 9 and 9Now.
Nine's extensive game day coverage will kick off from 7am with Weekend today before Wide World of Sports at 10am. The Sunday Footy Show will then take place at 11am.
At 1pm, coverage of the NRL State Championship between the Warriors and the Burleigh Bears will take place before the NRLW and NRL grand final coverage kicks of.
