Rugby

Over 1 million people watched Ireland’s Grand Slam win

A 35.4 per cent share of the viewing across Irish television made it a new record for TV3

Ireland’s Rory Best, Peter O’Mahony and team mates celebrate with the Six Nations trophy during the presentation at the end of the match. Photo: Toby Melville/Reuters

Tue Mar 20 2018 - 14:52

Ireland’s Grand Slam win over England at Twickenham on Saturday was the highest rated programme on Irish television so far this year with an average of 951,000 people tuning in.

A further 100,000 people watched the fixture on TV3's online player, while an audience of 1,328,000 tuned in at some point during the match, the broadcaster said.

It all contributed to a 35.4 per cent share of the daily TV viewing in Ireland – a new record for TV3.

The high viewing figures were also despite some pre-game trouble with the signal as Virgin Media customers around Dublin were unable to tune into TV3.

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However, the issue was fixed shortly before the game started.

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