Accor Stadium

Sydney (Sydney Olympic Park), New South Wales, Australia

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Accor Stadium, Sydney (Sydney Olympic Park), Australia — opened 1999, 1,126 rugby league games hosted, home of NRL Grand Final host venue; regular-season home for Canterbury Bulldogs and South Sydney Rabbitohs marquee games.

Sourcing caveat: The 1999 Grand Final crowd figure is cited as both 107,999 and 110,000 across different sources; 107,999 is the specific, sourced turnstile figure (matching Wikipedia's own Grand Final article and Austadiums' attendance-record listing), while 110,000 reads as a rounded approximation that likely conflates the actual crowd with the stadium's original Olympic-era capacity — 107,999 is used here as the better-sourced figure. No Rugby League World Cup match has been confirmed at this venue in the 2008 or 2017 tournaments despite it being Australia's largest stadium.

Ground facts

Opened1999
Home clubNRL Grand Final host venue; regular-season home for Canterbury Bulldogs and South Sydney Rabbitohs marquee games
Games hosted (rugby league, on record)1,126
Top recorded crowd107,999
Capacity80,500 (current rugby league configuration; cited as high as 83,000-84,000 in sources predating a 2022 LED-screen seat reduction)
Grand Finals hosted9
First rugby league matchManly 41-18 Newcastle, 6 March 1999 (NRL Round 1 double-header), attendance 104,583 — a then-record rugby league crowd, played before the stadium's first Grand Final
Years used1999–2026
LocationSydney (Sydney Olympic Park), New South Wales

Name history

  • Stadium Australia — 1999-2002
  • Telstra Stadium — 2002-2007/08
  • ANZ Stadium — 2008-2020
  • Stadium Australia — Dec 2020-Nov 2021 (sponsor gap)
  • Accor Stadium — since 26 Nov 2021

Rugby league history

Has hosted the NRL Grand Final every year since the inaugural 1999 decider, with the sole exception of 2021 (relocated to Brisbane's Suncorp Stadium for COVID-19 reasons — see our 2021 Grand Final page). The 1999 Grand Final drew a rugby league world-record crowd, commonly cited as 107,999. Also the home venue for NSW's State of Origin games. See our full NRL Grand Final results for every Accor Stadium decider since 2010.

Also hosted seven matches of the 2003 Rugby World Cup (union), including the final — mentioned here for context only.

Historic Test matches, Cup & Grand Finals hosted

  • 1999 — Melbourne 20-18 St George Illawarra, attendance 107,999
  • 2000 — Brisbane 14-6 Sydney Roosters, attendance 94,277
  • 2001 — Newcastle 30-24 Parramatta, attendance 90,414
  • 2002 — Sydney Roosters 30-8 New Zealand Warriors, attendance 80,130
  • 2010 — St George Illawarra 32-8 Sydney Roosters, attendance 82,334
  • 2015 — North Queensland 17-16 Brisbane (golden point), attendance 82,758
  • 2020 (played 25 Oct, as ANZ Stadium) — Melbourne 26-20 Penrith, attendance 37,303 (COVID-capped)
  • 2023 — Penrith 26-24 Brisbane, attendance 81,947
  • 2024 — Penrith 14-6 Melbourne, attendance 80,156

Pre-dates the site's structured match-by-match records for these competitions, so listed here as sourced facts rather than linked match pages.

Notable games played here

DateCompetitionResult
2025 Grand FinalGrand FinalBrisbane Broncos 26-22 Melbourne Storm
21 Sep 20252025 NRL Finals — Semi-FinalPenrith Panthers 46-26 Canterbury-Bankstown
5 Oct 20252025 NRL Finals — Grand FinalBrisbane Broncos 26-22 Melbourne Storm
2024 Grand FinalGrand FinalPenrith Panthers 14-6 Melbourne Storm
15 Sep 20242024 NRL Finals — Elimination FinalManly-Warringah 24-22 Canterbury-Bankstown
28 Sep 20242024 NRL Finals — Preliminary FinalPenrith Panthers 26-6 Cronulla-Sutherland
6 Oct 20242024 NRL Finals — Grand FinalPenrith Panthers 14-6 Melbourne Storm
2023 Grand FinalGrand FinalPenrith Panthers 26-24 Brisbane Broncos
22 Sep 20232023 NRL Finals — Preliminary FinalPenrith Panthers 38-4 Melbourne Storm
1 Oct 20232023 NRL Finals — Grand FinalPenrith Panthers 26-24 Brisbane Broncos
2022 Grand FinalGrand FinalPenrith Panthers 28-12 Parramatta
24 Sep 20222022 NRL Finals — Preliminary FinalPenrith Panthers 32-12 South Sydney Rabbitohs
2 Oct 20222022 NRL Finals — Grand FinalPenrith Panthers 28-12 Parramatta Eels

Only matches we have full, sourced records for are listed here — other historic games mentioned above may not have a dedicated match page built yet (World Cup coverage in particular is still expanding tournament by tournament).

Sources

Data last verified: 11 August 2026.

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