Roosters and Broncos prepare for NRL and NRLW grand finals in Sydney
The Sydney Roosters will meet the Newcastle Knights in the NRL grand final, while the Roosters’ women’s team faces Brisbane Broncos in the NRLW decider. Both matches are scheduled for Sunday at Stadium Australia and will be broadcast on Channel 9 and 9Now.
The Sydney Roosters and Newcastle Knights are set to meet in the NRL grand final on Sunday, while the Roosters and Brisbane Broncos will contest the NRLW decider at Stadium Australia in Sydney. The men’s final will feature the Roosters, who finished fourth in the regular season, and the Knights, who finished seventh. The Roosters lost their opening finals match before defeating Cronulla and the Dolphins, then beat Canberra in the preliminary final.
Newcastle defeated South Sydney in the first week of the finals, followed by wins over the New Zealand Warriors and Penrith. The source said the Knights played the entire second half of their Penrith match with 12 players. The women’s final is a rematch of last year’s decider.
The Roosters were unbeaten during the 2026 home-and-away season, winning all 11 matches, and defeated Canberra in their preliminary final. Brisbane finished third with an 8-3 record and has won its past five matches after a three-game losing run. The grand finals are scheduled for October 4, the first day of daylight saving time in many Australian states and territories.
The games will be shown on Channel 9 and 9Now and will not be available on Kayo or Fox Sports, according to the source. Stadium Australia has hosted every NRL grand final since 1999 except the 2021 match, which was held at Brisbane’s Lang Park during the COVID-19 pandemic. Since the NRLW began in 2018, its finals have also been played there, apart from the 2021 decider at Dolphin Stadium in Redcliffe.
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