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Hey Aussie sports fans! 🏈

The Highlander opens at 11:00 AM and offers live coverage of all AFL and NRL games,

we can show any match as soon as we open. Come watch your team with us!

NRL Telstra Premiership 2026

AFL Toyota Premiership 2026

AFL Grand Final

Saturday 26th September 2026

Starting at 6:30 am (we are open and operational from 6:10am)

Fremantle Dockers v Brisbane Lions

🏉🇦🇺 AFL GRAND FINAL – IT’S GOING TO BE A BIG ONE!

We’ve been absolutely SWAMPED with messages about the AFL Grand Final — apparently a few Aussies in Rome fancy watching it! 😂

We’ll squeeze in as many of you as we safely can, but once we’re full, we’re FULL — no amount of begging, bribery or promises to stand on one leg will create extra space! 😅

🌅 Coming down early to try your luck? Remember, it’s 6AM and our neighbours are still dreaming peacefully while you’re already thinking about footy and beer. 🍻😂

🤫 PLEASE KEEP IT QUIET OUTSIDE.

Anyone shouting, chanting or generally bringing Grand Final energy to the street at 6AM will NOT be permitted inside.

Save the noise for when you’re through the doors! 🏉🍻

Quiet outside. Crazy inside. Deal? 🤝🇦🇺

Preliminary Finals

Friday 25th September 2026

Starting at 11:50

Dolphins v Sydney Roosters

Sunday 27th September 2026

Starting at 8:00

Penrith Panthers v Newcastle Knights

(upon request)*

NB: We will be allocating tickets for the this game. So, if requested it will be only done via purchasing tickets.

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* upon request - the games that are marked "upon request" need to be requested at least a couple of hours before the start of those. Once you request them you need to be at The Highlander at least 30 minutes before kick off time (or, for the late games 30 min before our closing time)! We cannot guarantee their broadcasting on our screens if you arrive at The Highlander in the last minute before their start or even worse - when they have already started

** already requested - the games that have been "already requested" might not be necessarily televised if the people who have requested them fail to arrive 30 min prior to the start of those games (or, for the late games 30 before the closing time). Generally those games coincide with many other events and sometimes other guests end up requesting additional events in the last minute. Certainly we accommodate them in case the customers who have made the original requests do not show up.