2025 NRL Grand Final

2025 (2025) NRL Grand Final
Melbourne Storm Brisbane Broncos
1 Total MEL 0 0 BRI 0 0
Date	5 October 2025
Stadium	Accor Stadium
Location	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Pre-Match Entertainment	Teddy Swims
Broadcast partners
Broadcasters	Nine Network
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The 2025 NRL Grand Final will be the conclusive and premiership-deciding game of the 2025 National Rugby League season in Australia. It will be contested between the Melbourne Storm and the Brisbane Broncos on 5 October at Accor Stadium in Sydney. ^[1]

The match will be preceded by the 2025 NRL State Championship and the NRL Women's Premiership Grand Final. The match will be broadcast live throughout Australia by the Nine Network. Pre-match entertainment will be performed by American rapper Teddy Swims. ^[2]

Background

Melbourne Storm's route to the final

Round	Opposition	Score
QF	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs (H)	26–18
PF	Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks (H)	22–14
Key: (H) = Home venue; (A) = Away venue; (N) = Neutral venue

Brisbane Broncos' route to the final

Round	Opposition	Score
QF	Canberra Raiders (A)	28-29
PF	Penrith Panthers (H)	16–14
Key: (H) = Home venue; (A) = Away venue; (N) = Neutral venue

See also: 2025 NRL season and 2025 NRL finals series

The 2025 NRL season is the 118th season of professional rugby league in Australia and the 28th season run by the National Rugby League. The season consisted of 27 competition rounds, followed by a finals series contested by the top eight teams on the competition ladder.

The Melbourne Storm entered the 2025 season as runners-up, after a grand final loss to the Penrith Panthers. The Storm finished second on the 2025 ladder with a 17–7 win-loss record. They first hosted the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs at a qualifying final at AAMI Park, winning 26–18. The Storm then hosted and defeated the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks in a preliminary final, also at AAMI Park, to advance to a consecutive grand final.

The Brisbane Broncos entered 2025 having failed to reach finals the previous year, finishing 12th in the 2024 regular season. Brisbane finished fourth on the 2025 ladder with a 15–9 record. The Broncos first visited the Canberra Raiders at GIO Stadium for their qualifying final, in which they overcame a 16-point deficit late into the second half to leave both teams tied at 28 points each. With the score still tied after extra time was exhausted, Ben Hunt kicked a golden point field goal on the 93rd minute to defeat the Raiders 28-29. The Broncos then hosted the Penrith Panthers at Suncorp Stadium for the preliminary final. Trailing at half time, the Broncos came from behind to defeat Penrith 16–14 to qualify for the grand final. This win denied Penrith a sixth consecutive grand final appearance, and the opportunity for a fifth consecutive premiership.

The Melbourne Storm are aiming for their 5th premiership, ^[a] having previously won in 2020. The Brisbane Broncos are aiming for their 7th premiership (inclusive of their 1997 Super League win), having previously won in 2006, also against Melbourne in which Brisbane won 15–8. This will be the second meeting between the teams in a Grand Final.

Match summary

2025 NRL Grand Final

Sunday, 5 October 18:30 AEST (UTC+10)

Melbourne Storm	–	Brisbane Broncos
	1st: – 2nd: –

Accor Stadium, Sydney Attendance: TBD Referee: TBD Video referee: TBD Touch judges: TBD Clive Churchill Medal: TBD

Melbourne Storm FB 1 WG 2 CE 3 CE 4 WG 5 FE 6 HB 7 PR 8 HK 9 PR 10 SR 11 SR 12 LF 13 Interchange: IN 14 IN 15 IN 16 IN 17 CS 18 Coach: Craig Bellamy

Brisbane Broncos FB 1 WG 2 CE 3 CE 4 WG 5 FE 6 HB 7 PR 8 HK 9 PR 10 SR 11 SR 12 LF 13 Interchange: IN 14 IN 15 IN 16 IN 17 CS 18 Coach: Michael Maguire

Opening matches

Two opening matches will be played on the ground prior to the grand final: the NRL State Championship and NRL Women's Grand Final. ^[3]

Notes

1. Melbourne also won the 2007 and 2009 Grand Finals, however they were stripped following the Melbourne Storm salary cap breach scandal in 2010.

References

1. "2025 NRL & NRLW GRAND FINALS". www.accorstadium.com.au. Retrieved 26 September 2025.
2. "Teddy Swims to headline 2025 Telstra Premiership Grand Final entertainment". www.nrl.com. Retrieved 26 September 2025.
3. "2025 NRL and NRLW Grand Finals". Accor Stadium. Retrieved 28 September 2025.