After 28 regular-season events, Australia’s best bull riders and bucking bulls are heading to the Townsville Entertainment & Convention Centre this weekend for the 2026 PBR Australia Monster Energy Tour Grand Finals.
Thirty cowboys will compete for a share of the $150,000 prize pool over two nights, with competition beginning with Rounds 1 and 2 at 7:30 p.m. AEST on Friday, 13 November, and finishing with Rounds 3 and the Championship Round at 7:30 p.m. AEST on Saturday, 14 November.
Fans with VIP on the Dirt tickets for Saturday can enter the arena at 5:30 p.m. AEST for an exclusive meet-and-greet with riders, contractors, and a top bucking bull, plus a preview of all the night two action.
View the full schedule for Grand Finals weekend on the PBR Australia website.
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Kelsey Pavlou claimed his third win in four tour stops at the 2026 Tamworth Iron Cowboy, going 2-for-2 for 170.45 points to narrowly edge out joint runners-up Zane Hall and Hayes Weight by just 0.10 points.
The Toora cowboy won Round 1 with 85.60 points on Candy Paint (Lazy G Bucking Bulls/Pakallus/Edgar). He then turned his top draft pick into 84.85 points on Splintas Man Glitter (Morgys Cattle Company) to secure the buckle.
Ky Borghero finished fourth on 169.45 points, with all four riders covering both bulls and finishing within a point of each other.
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Ky Borghero kept up his strong form, winning the Cattle & Coal PBR Touring Pro in Clermont the next weekend and moving into the No. 5 spot in the National Standings.
The Proserpine young gun was the only rider to go a perfect 2-for-2, finishing with an aggregate score of 168.70 points. He rode Ariat Last Strike (Dunne Bulls) for 85.90 points and the Round 1 win, then Alcatraz (CF7 Bucking Bulls/Pugh) in the second round for 82.80 points.
After bucking off his Round 1 opponent, Kurt Shephard rode his second bull to win Round 2. He was marked 84.60 points on Boogie & Coke (Kleier Bucking Bulls), placing him second in the event.
Clint Glass and Luan Crystian Camara were the other successful cowboys on a night when the bulls dominated, resulting in a season-low 5 qualified rides from their 44 trips.
Brady Fielder took the event win at the 2023 Grand Finals with a 4-for-5 weekend. He finished ahead of Donnie Rutherfurd and Aaron Kleier. Fielder’s best score came in the Championship Round, when he rode Mr T (Dittmann Bucking Bulls) for an event-high 87.75 points to seal the win. Macaulie Leather finished fourth in the aggregate to secure his first Australian Championship, while Zane Hall claimed Rookie of the Year honours.
The Leather brothers both took home buckles at the 2024 event, with Macaulie winning the Grand Finals and Boston claiming the Australian Championship. Macaulie went a perfect 4-for-4, finishing his weekend with an 88-point ride on Revolver (Dunne Bulls) to beat Qynn Andersen and Brady Fielder. Boston held off a late push from his older brother in the National Standings to become the first cowboy to win both the PBR Australian National title and the Rookie of the Year honours in the same year.
Daniel Keeping narrowly beat Macaulie Leather to win the 2025 Grand Finals, with both riders covering all four of their bulls. Keeping finished with 343.25 points, just five points ahead of Leather, while Zane Hall took third. Two qualified rides were enough for Kurt Shephard to win the Australian Championship, with Luan Crystian Camara finishing runner-up in the national title race and earning Rookie of the Year honours.
Cattle King Boogers Beach won his second PBR Australia Bucking Bull of the Year title in 2023, before stablemate Mr T finished a run of four straight titles in 2024 for Dittmann Bucking Bulls. Alpha Blokes Warden (MJ/Keliher Bucking Bulls) took the award in 2025.
View the latest PBR Australia Results.
The 2025 event will use the updated four-round format introduced in 2024.
All thirty riders will contest Rounds 1 and 2, with bulls allocated via a random draw.
All cowboys will again compete in Round 3, which is a draft round. Each rider will pick their bull from a set pool based on their event and season rankings. The bull draft is free to attend from 9:00 a.m. on Saturday by the pool on the Splash Bar Lawns at The Ville.
The top twelve riders in the event aggregate will then return for the Championship Round draft, where they will face one of the best bucking bulls from the 2026 season.
The rider with the highest cumulative score across all four rounds will be named the event champion.
In addition to the $150,000 prize money for riders at the Grand Finals, another $165,000 in bonuses will go to year-end champions and stock contractors.
The 2026 PBR Australian National Champion will receive a $100,000 bonus, while the runner-up will receive $20,000. The 2026 Rookie of the Year will also receive $10,000 in prize money.
The 2026 Bucking Bull of the Year will take home a $15,000 bonus, and the 2025 Classic Bull of the Year will receive a $9,000 bonus.
Stock Contractors will also compete for the coveted Grand Finals Bull Team title, with each nominated team of three bulls vying for a share of the $15,000 prize pool.
The Grand Finals offer double points compared to regular-season events. Each round winner gets 80 points, and the Grand Finals champion earns 400 points. So, a rider can earn up to 720 points towards the 2025 PBR Australian National Standings.
View the updated 2026 PBR Australian National Standings.
Qualifying via their ranking in the 2026 PBR Australian National Standings are:
1 - Kurt Shephard (Mareeba, QLD)
2 - Zane Hall (Athol, QLD)
3 - Keny Roger de Oliveira (Pereira Barreto, SP)
4 - Kelsey Pavlou (Toora, VIC)
5 - Ky Borghero (Proserpine, QLD)
6 - Rylee Ward (Central Hawke's Bay, NZ)
7 - Clint Glass (Willow Tree, NSW)
8 - Sam Woodall (Heywood, VIC)
9 - Ethan Coster (Miriam Vale, QLD)
10 - Donnie Rutherfurd (Mount Isa, QLD)
11 - Thomas Triplett (Bungundarra, QLD)
11 - Toby Collins (Maldon, VIC)
13 - Ben Bode (Calliope, QLD)
14 - Alison Aguiar (Rio Branco, AC)
15 - Boston Leather (Calliope, QLD)
16 - Jack Rowlandson (Oberon, NSW)
17 - Caiden Sandilands (Rockhampton, QLD)
18 - Leith Malone (Mareeba, QLD)
19 - Colby Edgar (Tamworth, NSW)
21 - Macaulie Leather (Calliope, QLD)
23 - Charlie Bailey (Oberon, NSW)
24 - Dawson Foden (Moura, QLD)
25 - Hayes Weight (Doshen, UT)
26 - Tyson Smith (Walcha, NSW)
28 - Luan Crystian Camara (Pereira Barreto, SP)
29 - Thomas Hudson (Dungog, NSW)
33 - Nash Jones (Glamorgan Vale, QLD)
Australian and International PBR Invitees competing overseas:
- Callum Miller (Warwick, QLD)
- Jacob Carige (Rockhampton, QLD)
- Mason Taylor (Maypearl, TX, USA)
2026 PBR Australian National Championship
It’s a two-way race for the Gold Buckle between Mareeba’s top-ranked Kurt Shephard and Athol’s No. 2-ranked Zane Hall, who go into the final event of the season 329.50 points apart.
Shephard and Hall have swapped the National Standings lead several times this season, with the gap between them often less than 100 points.
Both have six event wins and seven round wins, but Shephard’s season riding percentage is a bit higher at 57.89%, compared to Hall’s 49.15%.
In past National and Grand Finals, Hall has a slight edge over Shephard in riding percentage. Hall has ridden 5 of his 12 bulls (41.67%) at his three Grand Finals, while Shephard has ridden 10 of his 30 (33.33%) across seven appearances.
With double championship points up for grabs in Townsville, it’s anyone’s game.
2026 PBR Australia Rookie of the Year
Keny Roger de Oliveira has dominated this award for most of the season and now has an unbeatable 948-point lead over Miriam Vale young gun Ethan Coster.
The Brazilian has ridden 58.33% of his bulls in his first PBR season, won 3 events, and added 8 more top 5 finishes.
2026 PBR Australia Bucking Bull of the Year
This is the first season held under the new Bucking Bull of the Year competition format, and it’s shaping up to be the closest races we have ever seen.
Last Post (Dunne Bulls) and Stetson Nirvana (Dittmann Bucking Bulls) come to Townsville separated by just 0.01 points.
Last Post has a 6-out average of 44.08 points, while Nirvana is just behind at 44.07 points.
Defending champion Alpha Blokes Warden (MJ/Keliher Bucking Bulls) is close behind with 43.97 points, while Dark Side (Keliher Bucking Bulls) and Winchester (MJ/Keliher Bucking Bulls) are tied for fourth at 43.67 points.
All contenders will buck on Friday and Saturday, and both bull scores will be added to their top six regular-season scores. The bull with the highest average over the eight trips will be named champion.
View the full Bucking Bull of the Year Standings.
Check out my ‘Matchups to Watch’ on the PBR Australia website, available Friday morning and Saturday afternoon, for in-depth analysis of the top matchups in Rounds 1, 2, and 3 of the 2026 PBR Australia Monster Energy Tour Grand Finals.
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