Ireland’s historic Rugby World Cup win over Australia draws huge breakfast TV audience

On a great weekend of sport on RTÉ Television, Ireland’s historic pool stage win over Australia in the Rugby World Cup in New Zealand drew huge audiences.

An average audience of 624,000*, 65.14% of the available audience, tuned in for full coverage of the match.

The audience peaked at 808,700** as Ireland stoutly defended their 9 point lead in the final minutes of the game.

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Note to Editor:

Source: Nielsen TV Audience Measurement

*Actual Match average viewers, Live + VOSDAL

**One-minute peak viewership, Live + VOSDAL