Where to watch AFL in Australia

Ah, the Australian Football League. No-one calls it that unless it’s in trouble. To its mates, it’s “AFL” or “Aussie Rules”. Sometimes it’s called “footy”, but that’s confusing given that could also refer to soccer, NRL or rugby union. Regardless of what you call it, you’re at the right place for all your Australian streaming options for AFL, including some of the best sports streaming services.

There are free and premium options for streaming AFL in Australia. To watch AFL live for free, create a 7plus account and get streaming. 7plus has a select range of matches from AFL, AFLW, VFL, WAFL and SANFL.

To watch all matches from the AFL Premiership, AFLW Premiership, AFL Pre-Season and AFL Local, you want to tune into Fox Footy. For streaming, you can access Fox Footy via Foxtel Now with the Sport add-on or with Kayo Sports. Prices and inclusions vary depending on which one you choose.

For Foxtel Now, after a 10-day trial for new customers it costs $25 a month for either the Pop or Lifestyle base packs, then $29 on top for the Sport package ($54 all in each month). Alternatively, if you just want AFL and other Fox sports content try Kayo Sports, it costs $25 a month for one HD stream (Kayo One), $30 for two HD streams (Kayo Basic) or $35 for three HD streams (Kayo Premium) with 7-day free trial.

The live tab is pretty much dead these days, but there’s a bunch of on-demand content on the official AFL YouTube channel. Check out player-focused videos, best-moments round-ups, match highlights and more.

There’s one other way to watch AFL in Australia but you’ll need a virtual private network (VPN) service to access live streams and on-demand AFL matches via Watch AFL. Why do you need a VPN? Because Watch AFL isn’t available for streaming with an Australian IP address. Connect to a VPN server in any other country to start streaming, though.

A weekly Watch AFL subscription costs $24, a monthly sub is priced at $44 and a full year costs $229. In terms of a VPN, we recommend choosing one that’s great with international streaming. The VPNs below offered speedy international streaming in my tests:

• Windscribe VPN
• ExpressVPN
• PureVPN
• NordVPN
• Atlas VPN
• Proton VPN
• IPVanish VPN

To watch the AFL Grand Final in Australia, you want a subscription to either Kayo Sports or Foxtel Now (with the Sport add-on). Alternatively, use a VPN and sign up for a Watch AFL subscription to stream the AFL Grand Final.

Interested to see how the streaming services above stack up against the competition? Take a look at the table below for a comparison of your streaming options in Australia.