The Minns Labor Government and the Australian Rugby League Commission (ARLC) are today announcing that the 2025 NRL and NRLW Grand Finals will be held on Sunday 5 October at Accor Stadium in Sydney.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This deal keeps the NRL\u2019s biggest event in its birthplace and home, where it has been played every year since the birth of rugby league in Australia in 1908\u2014except for the Covid-affected 2021 season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
With the 2025 NRL season shaping up as one of the most competitive in years and the NRLW continuing its rapid growth, fans from across Australia and New Zealand will head to Sydney for the Grand Final over the October long weekend.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Following an exciting season launch in Las Vegas, the NRL is expected to deliver more thrills in 2025. The Penrith Panthers will chase a fifth straight title, a feat last achieved by St George in the 1950s and 60s.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
As the NRL expands its audience in the US and Asia-Pacific, Sydney and NSW remains the heart of rugby league. The Grand Final will showcase the city to a growing international fan base.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The NSW Government also recently announced its new events framework, listing the NRL Grand Final as a \u2018Foundation Event\u2019\u2014one of the state\u2019s most significant events for its economic, social, and cultural impact.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Premier of New South Wales Chris Minns said:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cNSW is the home of rugby league and Sydney is unquestionably the greatest rugby league city in the world, so there really is no better place to be hosting the NRL\u2019s showpiece event.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThe NRL Grand Final is one of our nation\u2019s greatest annual sporting events and with NSW representing more than half of the clubs across both the NRL and NRLW competitions, this is great news for the thousands of fans who will come together to celebrate in our city.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Minister for Jobs and Tourism and Minister for Sport Steve Kamper said:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThe NRL has done a fantastic job in promoting and expanding the game to new markets across the US and Asia-Pacific. As such, we need to make sure we cement Sydney\u2019s legacy as the home of rugby league and build on its reputation in these markets as one of the world\u2019s great cities for major sporting events.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cAs we\u2019ve seen with the Las Vegas effect, rugby league fans from all over Australia and the world will flock to Sydney for the NRL and NRLW Grand Finals and I can\u2019t wait to see Accor Stadium abuzz with the atmosphere of 82,500 rugby league fans on Grand Final day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cNot only is this a big win for sport fans but it is fantastic news for pubs, hotels, restaurants and retailers in NSW who can now start to plan for this iconic event.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n National Rugby League CEO Andrew Abdo said:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cWe are pleased to confirm that Sydney will host the NRL and NRLW Telstra Grand Finals for season 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThank you to the NSW Government for the ongoing support of Rugby League and to Premier Chris Minns and Minister Steve Kamper who have worked with us to reach an agreement for this year\u2019s Grand Final.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Minns Labor Government and the Australian Rugby League Commission (ARLC) are today announcing that the 2025 NRL and NRLW Grand Finals will be held on Sunday 5 October at Accor Stadium in Sydney. This deal keeps the NRL\u2019s biggest event in its birthplace and home, where it has been played every year since the … Continue reading “Sydney confirmed as home of the NRL Grand Final”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-32001","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nswnews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32001","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=32001"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32001\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":32002,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32001\/revisions\/32002"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32001"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32001"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32001"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}