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Broncos' NRL Grand Final Win Delivers Year’s Biggest Audience, Record 9Now Stream

New VOZ totals confirm rugby league’s audience surge across broadcast with record BVOD viewing.

Overview

  • The Broncos–Storm decider drew a 4.46 million national Total TV audience, the top program of 2025 according to figures reported by Nine and TV Tonight.
  • Streaming on 9Now reached about 1.316 million, the highest-rated BVOD event since the VOZ measurement system began.
  • The NRL Grand Final outperformed this year’s AFL Grand Final and State of Origin III, marking a roughly 33% lift on the 2024 NRL decider.
  • Nine reported strong city averages led by Sydney on 1.099 million, Brisbane on 941,000 and Melbourne on 734,000, driving the network to an easy Sunday win with Nine News at 1.76 million.
  • The NRLW grand final surpassed one million viewers, up 36% year on year, and outdrew the Bledisloe Cup the previous night.