The 2022 AFL Grand Final between the Geelong Cats and Sydney Swans will begin at 2.30pm (AEST).
The match will be held on Saturday September 24, 2022 at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. It is the first Grand Final back at Melbourne’s MCG since 2019.
Scroll down to see what time the game will start in your part of the world.
AFL GRAND FINAL 2022 START TIME OVERSEAS
Australian Eastern Standard Time: 2.30pm
Australian Western Standard Time: 12.30pm
Auckland (NZST): 4.30pm
Tokyo (JST): 1.30pm
New Delhi (IST): 10.00am
Johannesburg (SAST): 6.30am
London (BST): 5.30am
Rio de Janeiro (BRT): 1.30am
New York (EDT): 12.30am
Los Angeles (PDT): 9.30pm (Friday night)
WHICH TEAMS WILL PLAY IN THE 2022 AFL GRAND FINAL?
Geelong will face Sydney in the 2022 AFL Grand Final.
For the first time since 2017, both qualifying final winners claimed victory in their home preliminary finals, with the Cats defeating Brisbane and the Swans defeating Collingwood.
And even though the Cats and Swans were original VFL clubs dating back to 1897, this will be their first ever meeting in a Grand Final.
The Cats are trying to win their first AFL premiership since 2011, having lost the 2020 Grand Final since then.
The Swans are trying to win their first flag since 2012, having lost the 2014 and 2016 Grand Finals since then.
AFL GRAND FINAL PROGRAM OF EVENTS (TIMES AEST)
1.25pm: Welcome to Country by Uncle Colin Hunter Jnr.
1.26pm: Grand Final Motorcade in Toyota HiLux vehicles
1.33pm: Mike Brady
1.40pm: Telstra Pre-Match Entertainment – Robbie Williams with Delta Goodrem
2.11pm: Umpire entry and Toyota match ball delivery
2.13pm-2:16pm: Teams enter
2.24pm: MC Hamish McLachlan – Acknowledgement of Country
2.25pm: Delivery of the 2022 Premiership Cup by Bachar Houli, Premiership Cup Ambassador
2.26pm: National anthem performed by Katie Noonan
2.28pm: Coin Toss
2.30pm: 2022 Toyota AFL Grand Final starts
AFL GRAND FINAL LIST OF PERFORMERS
WHO IS RUNNING IN THE AFL GRAND FINAL SPRINT?
All 18 clubs will have a representative in the 100m sprint held before the Grand Final.
The Saints’ Brad Hill and the Magpies’ Isaac Quaynor will be among the favourites.
Adelaide Crows: Sam Berry
Brisbane Lions: Darcy Wilmot
Carlton: Matt Cottrell
Collingwood: Isaac Quaynor
Essendon: Jake Kelly
Fremantle: Karl Worner
Geelong Cats: Shannon Neale
Gold Coast Suns: Mabior Chol
GWS Giants: Leek Aleer
Hawthorn: James Blanck
Melbourne: Kade Chandler
North Melbourne: Luke McDonald
Port Adelaide: Miles Bergman
Richmond: Hugo Ralphsmith
St Kilda: Brad Hill
Sydney Swans: Corey Warner
West Coast Eagles: Patrick Naish
Western Bulldogs: Laitham Vandermeer
