{"id":189982,"date":"2025-10-04T17:39:07","date_gmt":"2025-10-04T17:39:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/189982\/"},"modified":"2025-10-04T17:39:07","modified_gmt":"2025-10-04T17:39:07","slug":"who-plays-in-the-nrl-grand-final-today-start-time-free-to-air-channel-live-stream-for-decider-match","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/189982\/","title":{"rendered":"Who plays in the NRL Grand Final today? Start time, free-to-air channel, live stream for decider match"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The stage is set for the 2025 NRL Grand Final, as two of the competition\u2019s standout teams prepare to battle for rugby league\u2019s ultimate prize.<\/p>\n<p>After seven months of relentless action, the season will reach its dramatic conclusion this weekend in what promises to be a thrilling contest.<\/p>\n<p>For the first time in five years, the decider will not feature Penrith \u2014 nor any Sydney club \u2014 marking a fresh chapter in the league\u2019s modern era.<\/p>\n<p>The Sporting News is on hand to bring you all the latest team details, TV schedule information, live stream and start times for today&#8217;s NRL decider.<\/p>\n<p>Which teams are playing in the NRL\u00a0Grand Final? Schedule, kick-off time<\/p>\n<p>The 2025 NRL\u00a0Grand Final will be contested by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportingnews.com\/au\/rugby-league\/melbourne-storm\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Melbourne Storm<\/a> and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportingnews.com\/au\/rugby-league\/brisbane-broncos\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Brisbane Broncos<\/a> on Sunday, October 5.<\/p>\n<p>The match from the Accor Stadium in Sydney kicks off at 7:30 p.m.\u00a0AEDT and is being shown across a plethora of regional and national networks in Australia.<\/p>\n<p>TeamsDateTime (AEDT)TV channel \/ live streamMelbourne Storm vs. Brisbane BroncosSunday, October 57:30 p.m.Channel 9\/9Now, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/goto.kayosports.com.au\/c\/1333683\/568497\/8808\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Kayo (delayed)<\/a>How to watch NRL Grand Final: Free-to-air\u00a0channel, free live stream<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s how to watch the NRL Grand Final in Australia:<\/p>\n<p>TV channel: Channel 9 (free-to-air)<br \/>Live stream: 9Now,\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/goto.kayosports.com.au\/c\/1333683\/820337\/8808?subId1=afl&amp;subId2=site-au-a7185fb3c90e6758cc86255f&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fkayosports.com.au%2Fsports%2Fsport%21afl\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Kayo<\/a>\u00a0(delayed stream)\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>This game is available for free live TV broadcast on Channel 9. Live streaming options are available on 9Now.<\/p>\n<p>The 2025 grand final will be shown on Kayo Sports \u2014 but not live.<\/p>\n<p>Instead, a grand final replay will be on Kayo once the game has wrapped up, which won&#8217;t be before 9:00 pm AEST.<\/p>\n<p>NRL Grand Final preview<\/p>\n<p>Melbourne secured their place in the showpiece by overpowering the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportingnews.com\/au\/rugby-league\/cronulla-sutherland-sharks\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sharks<\/a> at AAMI Park, booking their sixth Grand Final appearance in the past decade.<\/p>\n<p>Still stung by last year\u2019s defeat to Penrith, Craig Bellamy\u2019s men will be fuelled by a hunger for redemption, with 15 members of the 2024 squad returning for another shot at glory.<\/p>\n<p>Brisbane, meanwhile, staged a stunning comeback to end the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportingnews.com\/au\/rugby-league\/penrith-panthers\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Panthers<\/a>\u2019 reign in their preliminary final at Suncorp Stadium.<\/p>\n<p>Inspired by the composure of Adam Reynolds and the dominance of Payne Haas, the Broncos overturned a 14-point half-time deficit to reach their first Grand Final since 2015 \u2014 setting the stage for a blockbuster showdown.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The stage is set for the 2025 NRL Grand Final, as two of the competition\u2019s standout teams prepare&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":189983,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[568],"tags":[64,63,761,762,158,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-189982","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\/189982","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=189982"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/189982\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/189983"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=189982"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=189982"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=189982"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}