The Australian Football League regular season runs from mid-March through late September, with the Grand Final usually landing on the last Saturday of September, and for fans in the United States, almost none of that schedule sits on the over-the-air networks. AFL is an Australian-rules code, not NFL, and the big U.S. broadcasters have not picked up weekly rights, which is why cord-cutters who want every match need a different route in 2025.
Three paths actually work. The free option is the AFL's official YouTube channel, which streams highlights and a handful of live matches each week, mostly the Thursday-night showcase and any standalone fixture that lands outside the local paywall. Set a notification on the channel and you will catch the marquee games for nothing. For full coverage, the AFL Live Official App is the subscription most Australians use at home; it carries every match plus the AFLW season, and it works on a U.S. App Store or Google Play account, though the geo-gate means you will pair it with a VPN set to an Australian city. Fox Sports 1, Fox Sports 2 and Fox Soccer Plus picked up some AFL rights in past seasons, so check the current Fox schedule for live matches and replays before paying for anything.
If you are already running an IPTV box or want a single EPG that bundles AFL with rugby union, Super Rugby Pacific, the Bledisloe Cup and the NRL, the live listings at [watch rugby union on iptv australia](https://iptvaustralia.tv/iptv-schedule-tonight/rugby-union) show what is on tonight across multiple Australian sports channels, so you can confirm a fixture before kickoff and tune in without flipping between apps.
The AFL season is roughly thirty weeks long, so it is worth picking one path and sticking with it; switching mid-season usually means missing a finals week. Wikipedia's "Australian rules football in the United States" page has a clean run-down of the U.S. broadcast history if you want the backstory on how Setanta Sports USA and Fox Soccer Plus carried matches back in the day.