And there's plenty of hype, awards nights, breakfasts, and parades to tide fans over until the two big matches next Saturday and Sunday.
Let's look at who made it and why - and some other important sporting events of the weekend just passed.
In the AFL, it's a battle of east versus west in this year's Grand Final, as Hawthorn face West Coast.
Hawthorn booked their fourth consecutive Grand Final on Friday night with a 27-point victory over Fremantle in Perth.
Despite kicking 20 behinds and just 10 goals, West Coast ensured Perth representation in this year's big game 24 hours later with a 25-point win over North Melbourne.
Defending champions Hawthorn will likely start slight favourites this Saturday.
And such has been their presence at the competition's business end in recent years - 19 of the 22 players who played against Fremantle on Friday have played in a Grand Final for them - coach Alastair Clarkson can afford to be almost careless when discussing what this Grand Final berth means.
"How significant is it for the playing group or our club? It's probably just going to come down to individuals, and how much they actually want to win. Because it's just another opportunity to win a Grand Final."
In the NRL, the Grand Final will be held on Sunday in Sydney.
But the battle on the field will be all Queensland, for the first time.
The Brisbane Broncos will play the North Queensland Cowboys to determine Australian rugby league's champion club of 2015.
North Queensland beat the Melbourne Storm 32 - 12 in Melbourne to make their first Grand Final in ten years, whilst Brisbane beat the Sydney Roosters 31 - 12 in Brisbane to qualify for their first Grand Final since they beat Melbourne in the 2006 season finale.
Brisbane coach Wayne Bennett is looking for an eighth premiership as an NRL coach.
He's putting his latest gaining of an opportunity at the competition's biggest prize down to his side earning a week off before their game against the Roosters.
"We were much sharper than they were early. They were trying to get in the game because they had a tough game last week. It's the way it works. We were looking good, because we hadn't been knocked around from last week. We had 14 days sitting at home here, ready to play."
Ironically, the Broncos earned that week off with a victory over North Queensland in Week One of the finals.
Now, they seek one more victory over them for a place in history.
Bookmakers see the game as almost too close to call.
In cricket, the news isn't as exciting, with Australia's scheduled departure for their tour of Bangladesh delayed due to security concerns.
Government advice about a specific threat to Australians in the country prompted the call to be taken.
It's not yet known when the team will depart or if games will be cancelled on the Two-Test tour.
But Cricket Australia CEO James Sutherland has all but ruled out the scheduled matches being relocated to a country other than Bangladesh.
"It's only a very short window here - 25 days until the tour's over. So, I'm not wanting to get ahead of the process, but, at the same time, it's probably going to be difficult to get the cricket away anywhere else other than in Bangladesh."
A warm-up match is due to start on Saturday, with the first Test scheduled to start on October 9th.
And in Formula One, normal service has been resumed at the Japanese Grand Prix.
After Lewis Hamilton was forced to retire at the Singapore last weekend and Nico Rosberg only finished fourth, the Mercedes team mates finished first and second respectively in this weekend's race in Japan.
Only three of this year's 14 races so far have been won by someone other than Hamilton or Rosberg, giving Mercedes a commanding lead in the constructors' championship.
Eight times in those 14, a combination of Hamilton and Rosberg has finished first and second.
Hamilton's victory at Suzuka ties him with the late Brazilian Ayrton Senna on 41 Grand prix victories for his career- an honour Hamilton told Fox Sports is so prestigious as to be hard to comprehend.
"It's great to be back up here as a team with a one-two. I had a great start, thanks again to the team working so hard to make sure we get good starts this race. But for me to come here to a race where I used to love watching Ayrton (Senna) drive, and to match his wins, I can't really describe it. It doesn't feel real at the moment.
Hamilton's victory gives him a 48 point lead over Rosberg atop the drivers' championship standings with five races remaining this year.
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