2024 NRL Grand Final
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| Date | 6 October 2024 | ||||||||||||
| Stadium | Accor Stadium | ||||||||||||
| Location | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia | ||||||||||||
| Pre-Match Entertainment | The Kid Laroi | ||||||||||||
| Referee | Ashley Klein | ||||||||||||
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The 2024 NRL Grand Final will be the conclusive and premiership-deciding game of the 2024 National Rugby League season in Australia. It will be contested between the Melbourne Storm and the Penrith Panthers on Sunday 6 October at Accor Stadium in Sydney.[1]
The match will be preceded by the 2024 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 Australian rapper The Kid Laroi.[2]
Background
[edit]The 2024 NRL season is the 117th season of professional rugby league in Australia and the 27th 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.
Route to the final
[edit]Melbourne Storm
[edit]The 2024 Melbourne Storm season was the 27th season in the club's history. Coached by Craig Bellamy and captained by Harry Grant, the club played their home games at AAMI Park in Melbourne.
The Storm finished in first place on the ladder with a 19–5 win-loss record, taking out the J. J. Giltinan Shield for winning the competition's Minor Premiership, while setting a new club for crowds with 21,067 in attendance on average at each home game.[3] They then defeated the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks and Sydney Roosters to qualify for their first Grand Final since their 2020 premiership victory, which was also against Penrith.
| Round | Opposition | Score |
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| QF | Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks (H) | 37–10 |
| SF | Bye | N/A |
| PF | Sydney Roosters (H) | 48–18 |
| Key: (H) = Home venue; (A) = Away venue; (N) = Neutral venue | ||
Penrith Panthers
[edit]The 2024 Penrith Panthers season was the 58th season in the club's history. Coached by Ivan Cleary and co-captained by Nathan Cleary and Isaah Yeo, the club played their home games at BlueBet Stadium in Penrith.
The Panthers finished the regular season in second place on the ladder with a 17–7 win-loss record, before defeating the Sydney Roosters and Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks to qualify for their fifth-straight Grand Final, becoming the first team to do so since South Sydney in 1971.
| Round | Opposition | Score |
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| QF | Sydney Roosters (H) | 30–10 |
| SF | Bye | N/A |
| PF | Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks (N) | 26–6 |
| Key: (H) = Home venue; (A) = Away venue; (N) = Neutral venue | ||
Pre-match
[edit]Team selection
[edit]Dylan Edwards, Brian To'o, Jarome Luai, Nathan Cleary, James Fisher-Harris, Liam Martin, Moses Leota and Isaah Yeo all made their fifth-straight grand final appearance for Penrith.
Broadcasting
[edit]The match will be broadcast live on the Nine Network in Australia and on Sky Sport in New Zealand. Radio broadcasters included ABC, Triple M, 2GB and SEN.
Entertainment
[edit]Game-day entertainment will be headlined by Australian rapper The Kid Laroi.[4]
Officiating
[edit]Ashley Klein was appointed to his third NRL grand final, with touch judges Chris Sutton and David Munro. Grant Atkins was appointed as the bunker official.[5]
Attendance
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Match summary
[edit]6 October 2024
19:30 AEDT |
Melbourne Storm 
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Accor Stadium, Sydney
Referee: Ashley Klein Touch judges: David Munro, Chris Sutton Bunker: Grant Atkins |
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Post-match
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Opening matches
[edit]Two opening matches were played on the ground prior to the grand final: the NRL State Championship and NRL Women's Grand Final. Both matches will be broadcast live throughout Australia by the Nine Network.
NRL State Championship
[edit] Newtown Jets
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v |  Norths Devils
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Accor Stadium, Sydney
Referee: Liam Kennedy Touch judges: Jarrod Cole, Kieren Irons Bunker: Peter Gough |
NRL Women's Premiership Grand Final
[edit] Sydney Roosters
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v |  Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks
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Accor Stadium, Sydney
Referee: Ziggy Przeklasa-Adamski Touch judges: Karra-Lee Nolan, Rochelle Tamarua Bunker: Kasey Badger |
References
[edit]- ^ "Panthers seal fifth straight GF to book date with Storm in decider: NRL Grand Final fixture". www.foxsports.com.au. 28 September 2024. Retrieved 29 September 2024.
- ^ "The Kid LAROI to headline 2024 Telstra Premiership Grand Final entertainment". www.nrl.com. 4 September 2024. Retrieved 29 September 2024.
- ^ "2024 NRL Telstra Premiership - RLP". www.rugbyleagueproject.org. Retrieved 5 October 2024.
- ^ "The Kid LAROI to headline 2024 Telstra Premiership Grand Final entertainment". National Rugby League. 4 September 2024. Retrieved 1 October 2024.
- ^ "Grand Final Match Officials". National Rugby League. 1 October 2024. Retrieved 1 October 2024.