What time does the AFLW Grand Final start, and when is the entertainment?

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The 2025 AFLW Grand Final has arrived, with North Melbourne and the Brisbane Lions set to go head-to-head in the decider for a third consecutive season.

The Roos are currently riding a red-hot win streak currently at 26 games — a record in AFL/VFL/AFLW history — and are hoping to become the first-ever AFLW side to clinch back-to-back premierships.

The Lions are also in a rich vein of form, winners of their past nine games on the way to yet another Grand Final appearance.

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Craig Starcevich’s side have been perennial contenders in the AFLW competition and are looking to create their own piece of history, becoming the second club ever to win three AFLW premierships.

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WHAT TIME DOES THE AFLW GRAND FINAL START AND HOW CAN I WATCH?

The 2025 AFLW Grand Final will be played at Melbourne’s Ikon Park on Saturday, 29 November at 7:45pm AEDT.

In South Australia and the Northern Territory, the first bounce will occur at 7:15pm (ACDT), while the game will begin at 4:45pm (AWST) in Western Australia.

It will be broadcast live on Fox Footy via Channel 504 on Foxtel and streaming on Kayo Sports and Binge.

If you’re outside Australia, you can watch Fox Footy’s Grand Final coverage on WatchAFL.

WHEN WILL THE AFLW GRAND FINAL FINISH?

The 2025 AFLW Grand Final will finish just before 10pm (AEDT), depending on quarter lengths and whether extra time is required.

If there’s a draw in the Grand Final, with scores level at full-time, extra time will be played.

Both teams would have a six-minute break before the game resumes with two three-minute halves (plus time on). Teams swap ends after each half without a break.

An extra 10 interchanges are permitted in each half and do not roll over.

If scores are still level after the first extra time, another two halves of extra time would be played.

WHAT ARE THE KEY 2025 GRAND FINAL TIMINGS?

5:30pm: Gates Open

7:02pm: Telstra Pre-Game Entertainment: Peking Duk

7:26pm: Umpires enter the field

7:28pm: Brisbane Lions enter the field

7:31pm: North Melbourne Tasmanian Kangaroos enter the field

7:39pm: Delivery of the 2025 Premiership Cup by Debbie Lee

7:40pm: Welcome to Country by Uncle Colin Hunter Jnr.

7:41pm: National anthem performed by Bonnie Anderson

7:43pm: Coin toss

7:45pm: 2025 NAB AFLW Grand Final commences

Half-time: Telstra Half-Time Sprint

WHO IS THE GRAND FINAL ENTERTAINMENT?

The headline act for this year’s decider is ARIA Award-winning electronic duo Peking Duk.

Adam Hyde and Reuben Styles, who hail from Canberra, have accumulated 27 platinum music awards and drawn in over 400 million streams worldwide.

“To get the call up and have the chance to play at the NAB AFLW Grand Final is a huge honour for us and to be offered the chance to play at one of the fastest growing leagues in the world, and not just during the season but at the Grand Final is an extremely exciting opportunity,” Styles said.

WHAT ARE THE TEAM LINEUPS?

North Melbourne

FB: L.Birch, J.Ferguson

HB: E.Kearney, E.Shannon, E.O’Shea

C: A.Smith, R.Tripodi, T.Gatt

HF: A.O’Loughlin, B.Bogue, J.Bruton

FF: T.Randall, E.King

R: K.Rennie, A.Riddell, J.Garner

I/C: K.Shierlaw, B.Eddey, T.Craven, E.Sheerin, V.Wall

EMG: T.Boyd, M.King, A.Mangan

Brisbane

FB: J.Dunne, S.Campbell