Astonishing RTÉ Television Viewing Figures For All Blacks Vs Ireland Game
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Tuned in.
An average audience of 883,700 tuned in to RTÉ Two to witness Ireland’s historic 16-9 victory over world champions the All Blacks at the Aviva Stadium in Dublin on Saturday.
More than half (57%) of those watching TV in Ireland at the time were watching RTÉ coverage of the massive encounter. At its peak, an astonishing one million viewers were tuned it to witness Ireland seal a famous win over New Zealand.
Meanwhile on RTÉ Player there were over 135,000 streams to the match at the weekend, 93,800 on Saturday and another 43,500 on Sunday as fans rewatched the epic encounter.
Incredible figures for an incredible game of rugby.
