THE 2018 NRL grand final has been confirmed, with Melbourne Storm to battle the Sydney Roosters for rugby league supremacy.

The Storm and Roosters will clash at ANZ Stadium on Sunday, September 30 on a day that will also feature the inaugural NRL women’s premiership grand final, to be contested by the Brisbane Broncos and Sydney Roosters.

The Storm overcame a major hurdle this week when retiring fullback Billy Slater was cleared to play after fronting the judiciary over a shoulder charge.

The Roosters have dramas of their own, with star halfback Cooper Cronk battling a shoulder injury and hooker Jake Friend potentially in hot water for an apparent spear tackle.

2018 NRL GRAND FINAL DAY

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 30 AT ANZ STADIUM, SYDNEY
1.35pm: NRL Women’s Premiership Grand Final: Brisbane Broncos v Sydney Roosters

3.40pm: Intrust Super State Championship Grand Final

7.20pm: 2018 NRL Grand Final: Melbourne Storm v Sydney Roosters

HOW TO BUY TICKETS TO THE 2018 NRL GRAND FINAL
The final allocation of tickets will go on sale to ticketed members of the Storm and Roosters from 10am Monday, followed by Telstra Thanks at 1pm, and then NRL.com and non-ticketed members of the Storm and Roosters at 4pm Monday until 8am Tuesday.

Any remaining tickets will go on sale to the general public from 10am Tuesday.

NRL GRAND FINAL ENTERTAINMENT
Sydney rockers Gang Of Youths will headline the night’s entertainment from 6.30pm.

TEAMS
Roosters: 1 James Tedesco, 2 Daniel Tupou, 3 Latrell Mitchell, 4 Joseph Manu, 5 Blake Ferguson, 6 Luke Keary, 7 Mitchell Aubusson, 8 Jared Waerea-Hargreaves, 9 Jake Friend (c), 10 Siosiua Taukeiaho , 11 Boyd Cordner, 12 Isaac Liu, 13 Victor Radley

Interchange: 14 Dylan Napa 15 Zane Tetevano 16 Paul Momirovski, 17 Ryan Matterson

Reserves: 18 Lindsay Collins, 19 Nat Butcher, 20 Sean O’Sullivan, 23 Cooper Cronk

Storm: 1 Billy Slater, 2 Suliasi Vunivalu, 3 Will Chambers, 4 Curtis Scott, 5 Josh Addo-Carr, 6 Cameron Munster, 7 Brodie Croft, 8 Jesse Bromwich, 9 Cameron Smith (c), 10 Tim Glasby, 11 Felise Kaufusi, 12 Joe Stimson, 13 Dale Finucane

Interchange: 14 Kenny Bromwich, 15 Christian Welch, 16 Brandon Smith, 17 Nelson Asofa-Solomona

Reserves: 18 Ryan Hoffman, 19 Jahrome Hughes, 20 Sam Kasiano, 21 Cheyse Blair

BROADCAST:
Channel Nine will broadcast the grand final with a repeat on Fox Sports after full-time.