2025 NRL Grand Final
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Accor Stadium hosted the match | |||||||||||||
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| Date | 5 October 2025 | ||||||||||||
| Stadium | Accor Stadium | ||||||||||||
| Location | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia | ||||||||||||
| Clive Churchill Medal | Reece Walsh | ||||||||||||
| National Anthem | Conrad Sewell | ||||||||||||
| Pre-Match Entertainment | Teddy Swims | ||||||||||||
| Referee | Grant Atkins | ||||||||||||
| Attendance | 80,223 | ||||||||||||
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The 2025 NRL Grand Final was a rugby league game contested between the Melbourne Storm and the Brisbane Broncos on 5 October at Accor Stadium in Sydney, to determine the 2025 NRL premiers. Brisbane defeated Melbourne 26–22 after trailing by ten points at half-time to claim the Provan-Summons Trophy for the first time since 2006, their seventh premiership title overall, and the first team to become premiers from as low as fourth on the ladder since the Wests Tigers in 2005. Brisbane fullback Reece Walsh was awarded the Clive Churchill Medal for player of the match, after scoring a try, making three try-assists, and some try-saving defensive plays, whose match was considered as one of the best grand final performances in NRL history.
Brisbane's end-of-season surge to the final contributed to the match's interest, with the team being as low as 11th on the ladder throughout the season, as well as Brisbane halfback Ben Hunt appearing in his first grand final since dropping the kick-off during golden point in the 2015 final, and their fullback Walsh going on a career-defining run of form after a video of him drinking out of a newly-installed toilet went viral on social media. Melbourne became the first club to lose back-to-back grand finals since the Sydney Roosters in 2004, despite finishing second overall during the regular season, while facing injuries and suspensions that kept their team from being consistent throughout the season, but experienced a run of form in the lead-up to the final. Melbourne's significance in the final was encompassed by Craig Bellamy breaking the record for most grand final appearances as a coach, and prop Stefano Utoikamanu calling some Brisbane players "stuck up" in the pre-match press conference. In addition, the match was the first grand final since 2019 to not feature the Penrith Panthers.
The match was preceded by the 2025 NRL State Championship, won by the New Zealand Warriors; and the NRL Women's Premiership grand final, also won by the Brisbane Broncos.
The match was broadcast live throughout Australia by the Nine Network. It became the most-watched grand final in NRL history, with 4.46 million people tuning in for the entire match and was the most-watched program on Australian television in 2025.