{"id":906970,"date":"2026-09-27T04:10:19","date_gmt":"2026-09-27T04:10:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/906970\/"},"modified":"2026-09-27T04:10:19","modified_gmt":"2026-09-27T04:10:19","slug":"nrl-grand-final-2026-start-time-schedule-details-entertainment-tickets-sydney-roosters-vs-penrith-panthers-or-newcastle-knights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/906970\/","title":{"rendered":"NRL Grand Final 2026 start time, schedule, details, entertainment, tickets, Sydney Roosters vs Penrith Panthers or Newcastle Knights"},"content":{"rendered":"

The first team in the 2026 NRL grand final is locked in after the Sydney Roosters outclassed the Dolphins<\/a> to book their spot in next Sunday\u2019s decider at Accor Stadium.<\/p>\n

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Now the Roosters await their opponent, with the Penrith Panthers favourites to beat the Newcastle Knights and return to the biggest stage in rugby league. <\/p>\n

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The Roosters will get what Kangaroos coach Kevin Walters called a \u201cbig advantage\u201d as they rest up for an extra two days, with Penrith and Newcastle facing off on Sunday.<\/p>\n

See the 2026 NRL finals fixtures, plus see how the NRL finals system works below. All times AEST.<\/p>\n

NRL 2026 FINALS FIXTURES<\/p>\n

WEEK 1 \u2013 QUALIFYING AND ELIMINATION FINALS \u2013 SEPTEMBER 11-13<\/p>\n

Second Elimination Final: Rabbitohs (6th) def by Knights (7th) 10-20 at Allianz Stadium<\/a><\/p>\n

Second Qualifying Final: Warriors (2nd) def by Dolphins (3rd) 16-26 at Go Media Stadium<\/a><\/p>\n

First Elimination Final: Sharks (5th) def Cowboys (8th) 26-16 at Allianz Stadium<\/a><\/p>\n

First Qualifying Final: Panthers (1st) def Roosters (4th) 19-12 at CommBank Stadium<\/a><\/p>\n

*****<\/p>\n

WEEK 2 \u2013 SEMI FINALS \u2013 SEPTEMBER 19-20<\/p>\n

First Semi Final: Roosters def Sharks 46-10 at Allianz Stadium<\/a><\/p>\n

Second Semi Final: Warriors def by Knights 10-12 at Eden Park<\/a><\/p>\n

*****<\/p>\n

WEEK 3 \u2013 PRELIMINARY FINALS \u2013 SEPTEMBER 25-27<\/p>\n

Second Preliminary Final: Dolphins def by Roosters 36-20 at Suncorp Stadium<\/a><\/p>\n

First Preliminary Final: Panthers vs Knights – Sunday September 27, 4pm at Accor Stadium<\/p>\n

*****<\/p>\n

NRL GRAND FINAL 2026<\/p>\n

Winner of First Preliminary Final vs Winner of Second Preliminary Final<\/p>\n

Sunday October 4, 7:30pm at Accor Stadium<\/p>\n

*****<\/p>\n

WHEN IS THE NRL GRAND FINAL?<\/p>\n

The NRL finals series gets underway on Friday September 11.<\/p>\n

The 2026 NRL Grand Final is scheduled for Sunday October 4 at 7:30pm from Accor Stadium.<\/p>\n

FULL SCHEDULE <\/p>\n

1pm: Gates open<\/p>\n

1.20pm: State Championship Grand Final<\/p>\n

4pm: NRLW Grand Final<\/p>\n

7pm: Pre-Game Show<\/p>\n

7.30pm: NRL Grand Final<\/p>\n

HOW THE NRL FINALS SYSTEM WORKS<\/p>\n

The winners of the two qualifying finals advance to host the two preliminary finals, while two teams are eliminated each week until the Grand Final.<\/p>\n

The loser of the First Qualifying Final (1st vs 4th) hosts the winner of the First Elimination Final (5th vs 8th) in the First Semi Final.<\/p>\n

The loser of the Second Qualifying Final (2nd vs 3rd) hosts the winner of the Second Elimination Final (6th vs 7th) in the Second Semi Final.<\/p>\n

The winner of the First Qualifying Final (1st vs 4th) hosts the winner of the Second Semi Final (2nd, 3rd, 6th or 7th) in the First Preliminary Final.<\/p>\n

The winner of the Second Qualifying Final (2nd vs 3rd) hosts the winner of the First Semi Final (1st, 4th, 5th or 8th) in the Second Preliminary Final.<\/p>\n

The winners of the two Preliminary Finals face off in the NRL Grand Final.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The first team in the 2026 NRL grand final is locked in after the Sydney Roosters outclassed the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":906971,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[568],"tags":[64,63,761,762,158,85],"class_list":["post-906970","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nrl","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-national-rugby-league","tag-nationalrugbyleague","tag-nrl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/906970","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=906970"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/906970\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/906971"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=906970"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=906970"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=906970"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}