{"id":138487,"date":"2025-09-12T20:13:09","date_gmt":"2025-09-12T20:13:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/138487\/"},"modified":"2025-09-12T20:13:09","modified_gmt":"2025-09-12T20:13:09","slug":"new-zealand-warriors-vs-penrith-panthers-live-stream-guide-how-to-watch-the-nrl-finals-start-time-venue-teams-nrl-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/138487\/","title":{"rendered":"New Zealand Warriors vs Penrith Panthers live stream guide: How to watch the NRL finals, start time, venue, teams – NRL News"},"content":{"rendered":"

Knockout Saturday in the NRL<\/a> finals will kick-off in Auckland, with the misfiring New Zealand Warriors<\/a> putting it all on the line against the Penrith Panthers<\/a>, who are beginning their seemingly impossible quest for a fifth straight premiership.<\/p>\n

The game, to be played at Mt Smart Stadium, will kick-off at 4:05pm (AEST) on Saturday, September 13.<\/p>\n

The Warriors were travelling in the top four at one point this season, but have struggled to hold the line in recent weeks, eventually fumbling their way down to sixth spot on the table.<\/p>\n

Injuries haven’t helped the Auckland-based outfit, but a home elimination final could still count for something.<\/p>\n

The Panthers, on the other hand, were at the total opposite end of the table for much of the season, but fought their way through the traffic with an impressive second half of the year to play finals footy as they look to defend four straight premierships, and look towards the possibility of a sixth straight grand final.<\/p>\n

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How to watch New Zealand Warriors vs Penrith Panthers elimination final on TV<\/p>\n

This game, as with the remainder in the opening week of the finals, can be viewed across two separate TV channels with different coverage and access levels.<\/p>\n

The first of those methods is to watch the free to air coverage on Channel 9 from 3:30pm (AEST). It can be found at Channel 90 in high definition, 91 in standard definition and 100 if watching through a Foxtel service.<\/p>\n

If you’d prefer to watch the pay TV coverage on Fox Sports, this will commence at 3pm (AEST) on Fox League, which can be found at Channel 502.<\/p>\n

How to live stream New Zealand Warriors vs Penrith Panthers elimination final online<\/p>\n

If you’d prefer to live stream the Saturday afternoon contest from Auckland, you can do so through either of the broadcasters streaming platforms.<\/p>\n

To watch the Channel 9 coverage online, you can do so through 9Now, which is free to join with a valid email address.<\/p>\n

To watch the Fox Sports coverage, you will need to have a paid subscription to Kayo Sports.<\/p>\n

Key game information<\/p>\n

Kick-off: Saturday, September 13, 4:05pm (AEST)
Venue: Mt Smart Stadium, Auckland
TV: Live, Channel 9 and Fox League (502)
Online: Live, 9Now and Kayo Sports
Betting: Panthers $1.32, Warriors $3.42
Head-to-head record: Played 53, Panthers 33, Warriors 19, Drawn 1
Record at venue: Played 21, Panthers 11, Warriors 10
Last meeting: Round 16, 2025, Warriors 18 defeated by Panthers 28 at Mt Smart Stadium<\/p>\n

Match officials<\/p>\n

Referee: Grant Atkins
Touch judges: Phil Henderson and Chris Sutton
Bunker official: Liam Kennedy<\/p>\n

Teams<\/p>\n

New Zealand Warriors
1. Charnze Nicoll-Klokstad<\/a>, 2. Dallin Watene-Zelezniak<\/a>, 3. Adam Pompey<\/a>, 4. Kurt Capewell<\/a>, 5. Roger Tuivasa-Sheck<\/a>, 6. Chanel Harris-Tavita<\/a>, 7. Tanah Boyd<\/a>, 8. James Fisher-Harris<\/a>, 9. Wayde Egan<\/a>, 10. Jackson Ford<\/a>, 11. Leka Halasima<\/a>, 12. Marata Niukore<\/a>, 13. Erin Clark<\/a>
Interchange: 14. Te Maire Martin<\/a>, 15. Eddie Ieremia-Toeava<\/a>, 16. Demitric Vaimauga<\/a>, 17. Tanner Stowers-Smith<\/a>
Reserves: 18. Taine Tuaupiki<\/a>, 20. Samuel Healey<\/a><\/p>\n

Penrith Panthers
1. Dylan Edwards<\/a>, 2. Paul Alamoti<\/a>, 3. Izack Tago<\/a>, 4. Casey McLean<\/a>, 5. Brian To’o<\/a>, 6. Blaize Talagi<\/a>, 7. Nathan Cleary<\/a>, 8. Moses Leota<\/a>, 9. Luke Sommerton<\/a>, 10. Lindsay Smith<\/a>, 11. Scott Sorensen<\/a>, 12. Liam Martin<\/a>, 13. Isaah Yeo<\/a>
Interchange: 14. Brad Schneider<\/a>, 15. Liam Henry<\/a>, 16. Isaiah Papali’i<\/a>, 17. Luke Garner<\/a>
Reserves: 18. Thomas Jenkins<\/a>, 19. Matthew Eisenhuth<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Knockout Saturday in the NRL finals will kick-off in Auckland, with the misfiring New Zealand Warriors putting it…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":138488,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[568],"tags":[64,63,761,762,158,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-138487","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nrl","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-national-rugby-league","11":"tag-nationalrugbyleague","12":"tag-nrl","13":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/138487","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=138487"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/138487\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/138488"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=138487"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=138487"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=138487"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}