RLWC Final Viewing Figs

[Dave T]

c1.4m average for the Final. Outranking the Ashes test night session. Apparently the final reached 2.7m.

C3.35m for the NRL Grand Final this year.

Around 3.5m for Origin.

Not sure we will get the UK numbers due to Barb only showing top 30 per week but for a WC Final in England with England in we would dwarf all of those figures i suspect.

[deluded pom?]

You didn't edit that post for the spelling did you Dave?

[Cherry and White]

Australian figures.

https://tvtonight.com.au/2017/12/saturday-2-december-2017.html

[Dave T]

3 minutes ago, Cherry and White said:

Australian figures.

https://tvtonight.com.au/2017/12/saturday-2-december-2017.html

That doesnt include the regionals does it? 

I took my figs from twitter updated with regionals.

[Dave T]

14 minutes ago, deluded pom? said:

You didn't edit that post for the spelling did you Dave?

What do you mean?

[Cherry and White]

08:30: Rugby League World Cup Final: Australia v England - 1.56m (22.4%)
* 09:00-11:30 only

[DavidM]

1 hour ago, Dave T said:

c1.4m average for the Final. Outranking the Ashes test night session. Apparently the final reached 2.7m.

C3.35m for the NRL Grand Final this year.

Around 3.5m for Origin.

Not sure we will get the UK numbers due to Barb only showing top 30 per week but for a WC Final in England with England in we would dwarf all of those figures i suspect.

Shame on Barb whoever she is 

[Dave T]

7 minutes ago, Cherry and White said:

08:30: Rugby League World Cup Final: Australia v England - 1.56m (22.4%)
* 09:00-11:30 only

Do you get access to peaks at all? Assume that is average?

[Cherry and White]

2 minutes ago, Dave T said:

Do you get access to peaks at all? Assume that is average?

not all the time, it genuinely is best to keep an eye on twitter.

[Cherry and White]

peaked at 2.03m (27%)

[Dave T]

 

[Dave T]

Now i dont teally understand what the above relate to if im honest, as 7.2m is too low to be the total viewing figures, so not sure if the reach number is unique viewers over the tournament.

Each Aussie game got a million or so, meaning that would be the 7m if it was averages, so have to asshme reach means 7.2m different people over the tournament.

Not seen anyyhing about total match average viewers, somebody may have compiled this.

In 2013 there were 13.3m UK viewers over all the games.

[Scubby]

7 minutes ago, Dave T said:

 

These are truly amazing figures for a game the media didn't care about, the locals thought was third rate and directly up against The Ashes first day night test promoted to the hilt by every outlet in Australia.

So are Australians interested in international RL or not? Confused?

C7 seem extremely proud of these figures.

[Exiled Wiganer]

Those are absolutely fabulous figures. Which makes me wonder whether someone could persuade to show more international league - they could separate 7 as the international league channel and Fox as the NRL broadcaster? 

[Scubby]

8 minutes ago, Exiled Wiganer said:

Those are absolutely fabulous figures. Which makes me wonder whether someone could persuade to show more international league - they could separate 7 as the international league channel and Fox as the NRL broadcaster? 

Unfortunately, The NRL packaged up the whole thing, Pacific tests, home tests etc. to squeeze as much money as they could out of C9 and Fox. That cosy relationship works just fine for an organisation as insular as the NRL.

[Damien]

25 minutes ago, Scubby said:

Unfortunately, The NRL packaged up the whole thing, Pacific tests, home tests etc. to squeeze as much money as they could out of C9 and Fox. That cosy relationship works just fine for an organisation as insular as the NRL.

What really annoys me about that is that internationals featuring teams other than Australia really shouldn't be the NRL's to sell anyway. 

[DoubleD]

The Guardian stated we peaked at over 2 million on BBC1 for the final. Very decent 

[manu266]

League Express mentions 1.5 average on BBC1.

[Scubby]

28 minutes ago, manu266 said:

League Express mentions 1.5 average on BBC1.

I think it was and 2.03 million peak.

[ghost crayfish]

12 hours ago, Scubby said:

These are truly amazing figures for a game the media didn't care about, the locals thought was third rate and directly up against The Ashes first day night test promoted to the hilt by every outlet in Australia.

So are Australians interested in international RL or not? Confused?

C7 seem extremely proud of these figures.

Aussies are interested, of course. Just clearly not so keen to pay the ticket prices being charged to attend - the organisers deserve shooting for badly misreading esteem for the international game here (though that's been covered at length elsewhere). There is interest, but not passion for it right now. Gotta charge accordingly.

On the bright side, the game was great and it's brilliant so many people saw it on TV. Millions of people now know Super League stars like Watkins, McGillvray, Roby are class acts. International league is definitely on the up - more games like that, and a few of the Tonga games, and Aussie perceptions will change. Wigan, Hull and Leeds can add to that when they're out too. If England can keep challenging us like that, and crack the odd win, the prestige it was held in the early 90s will return.

[gingerjon]

Really decent figures all round. In England we should be able to build on those with a competitive three-game series against New Zealand in the old 'Grandstand' slot.

I should stop feeling positive, it can only end badly.

[Copa]

I’m not familiar enough with streaming minutes to know if that result is ok, good or excellent.