{"id":153571,"date":"2025-09-19T04:22:09","date_gmt":"2025-09-19T04:22:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/153571\/"},"modified":"2025-09-19T04:22:09","modified_gmt":"2025-09-19T04:22:09","slug":"how-to-watch-the-afl-preliminary-finals-live-and-free-on-seven-and-7plus-sport","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/153571\/","title":{"rendered":"How to watch the AFL preliminary finals live and free on Seven and 7plus Sport"},"content":{"rendered":"

Who will make the AFL grand final? Get ready for a monster weekend with two blockbuster preliminary finals at the MCG on Seven and 7plus Sport<\/a>.<\/p>\n

On Friday night, Geelong and Hawthorn will write another chapter to their famous rivalry before Collingwood and Brisbane do battle on Saturday evening.<\/p>\n

Tune in to Seven or stream on 7plus Sport<\/a> to watch every moment, live and free.<\/p>\n

Know the news with the 7NEWS app: Download today \"Download<\/a><\/p>\n

As well as every minute of both games, 7plus Sport<\/a> is your home of exclusive content with pre-match interviews, expert analysis and all the fallout from what promises to be a cracking weekend of footy.<\/p>\n

The 7AFL team features award-winning expert commentator Kane Cornes, as well as Nick Riewoldt, Dale Thomas, Matthew Richardson and Luke Hodge.<\/p>\n

Experienced commentators Hamish McLachlan, Brian Taylor, James Brayshaw and Alister Nicholson will add their flair in the commentary box as they call the action.<\/p>\n

Abbey Holmes and Rebecca Maddern are on deck as well, while 7NEWS Melbourne gun reporters Mitch Cleary and Xander McGuire will bring you all the news as it happens.<\/p>\n

It all kicks off on Friday night from 7pm AEST as the team takes you inside the MCG for the build-up to the Cats-Hawks blockbuster.<\/p>\n

We are back on deck from 4pm AEST on Saturday for an extended pre-match ahead of the Magpies-Lions cracker.<\/p>\n

Once the dust settles on the preliminary final weekend, Seven is your exclusive home of the Brownlow Medal on Monday night.<\/p>\n

For the first time ever, Seven\u2019s exclusive live coverage will begin earlier than ever with Blue Carpet Confessionals from 5.30pm AEST.<\/p>\n

Then the glitz and glamour of the red carpet begins before the count gets underway.<\/p>\n

Preliminary finals broadcast times on Seven<\/p>\n

Friday, September 19<\/p>\n

Geelong v Hawthorn<\/p>\n

Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane<\/p>\n

7pm on Channel 7 and 7plus Sport<\/a><\/p>\n

Adelaide<\/p>\n

6.30pm on 7Mate, 7pm on Channel 7 and 7plus<\/a><\/p>\n

Perth<\/p>\n

5pm on 7mate and 7plus<\/a><\/p>\n

Saturday, September 20<\/p>\n

Collingwood v Brisbane<\/p>\n

Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane<\/p>\n

4pm on Channel 7 and 7plus Sport<\/a><\/p>\n

Adelaide<\/p>\n

3.30pm on Channel 7 and 7plus<\/a><\/p>\n

Perth<\/p>\n

2pm on Channel 7 and 7plus<\/a><\/p>\n

Brownlow Medal TV broadcast times on Seven<\/p>\n

Monday, September 22<\/p>\n

Blue Carpet Confessionals<\/p>\n

Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane<\/p>\n

5.30pm on 7plus Sport<\/a><\/p>\n

Adelaide<\/p>\n

5.00pm on 7plus Sport<\/a><\/p>\n

Perth<\/p>\n

3.30pm on 7plus Sport<\/a><\/p>\n

BROWNLOW MEDAL COUNT<\/p>\n

Sydney and Brisbane<\/p>\n

7.30pm on 7mate and 7plus<\/a><\/p>\n

Melbourne<\/p>\n

7.30pm on Channel 7 and 7plus<\/a><\/p>\n

Adelaide<\/p>\n

7.00pm on Channel 7 and 7plus<\/a><\/p>\n

Perth<\/p>\n

5.30pm on 7mate and 7plus<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Who will make the AFL grand final? Get ready for a monster weekend with two blockbuster preliminary finals…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":153572,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[560],"tags":[638,64,63,55,639,588,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-153571","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-afl","8":"tag-afl","9":"tag-au","10":"tag-australia","11":"tag-australian-football-league","12":"tag-australianfootballleague","13":"tag-sport","14":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/153571","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=153571"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/153571\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/153572"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=153571"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=153571"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=153571"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}