TV Watch- RLWC audiences

[Perth Red]

For all things Tv related for the 2021 RLWC in 2022

 

[Perth Red]

England’s Rugby League World Cup opener against Samoa drew a huge television audience on Saturday. Shaun Wane’s men ran in 10 tries at Newcastle United’s iconic St James’ Park to kickstart their bid for glory in style. The match was broadcast live on BBC1 and the audience peaked at 1.8million viewers.

The average number of viewers during the match was 1.3million with the overall average number watching the programme’s coverage being 1.2million. After the manner of England’s victory against Samoa, it is hoped the viewing figures will be even greater for Saturday’s televised second Group A game against France in Bolton.

Impressive World Cup television viewing figures for England's win over Samoa

A healthy audience watched on as England thrashed Samoa.

www.examinerlive.co.uk

 

[Perth Red]

LIVE: ENG V SAM: RUGBY LEAGUE WORLD CUP

FOX LEAGUE

40,000

Saturday 15 October 2022 | TV Tonight

1 SEVEN NEWS 692,000 2 NINE NEWS 603,000 3 ABC NEWS 509,000 4 A CURRENT AFFAIR 416,000 5 BORDER SECURITY 381,000

tvtonight.com.au

LIVE: AUS V FIJ: RUGBY LEAGUE WORLD CUP

FOX LEAGUE

85,000

Sunday 16 October 2022 | TV Tonight

1 THE BLOCK 970,000 2 SEVEN NEWS 883,000 3 NINE NEWS 773,000 4 ABC NEWS 574,000 5 AUSTRALIA'S GOT TALENT 556,000

tvtonight.com.au

LIVE: NZL V LBN: RUGBY LEAGUE WORLD CUP

FOX LEAGUE

29,000

Monday 17 October 2022 | TV Tonight

1 SEVEN NEWS 919,000 2 SEVEN NEWS AT 6.30 918,000 3 THE BLOCK 790,000 4 NINE NEWS 767,000 5 NINE NEWS 6:30 751,000

tvtonight.com.au

 

[Jim from Oz]

Cheers

Many people like myself are watching the rugby league World Cup on delay via streaming on Kayo… So wouldn’t be counted in those figures.

 

[Gobsmacked]

LIVE: ENG V SAM: RUGBY LEAGUE WORLD CUP

FOX LEAGUE

40,000

Saturday 15 October 2022 | TV Tonight

1 SEVEN NEWS 692,000 2 NINE NEWS 603,000 3 ABC NEWS 509,000 4 A CURRENT AFFAIR 416,000 5 BORDER SECURITY 381,000

tvtonight.com.au

LIVE: AUS V FIJ: RUGBY LEAGUE WORLD CUP

FOX LEAGUE

85,000

Sunday 16 October 2022 | TV Tonight

1 THE BLOCK 970,000 2 SEVEN NEWS 883,000 3 NINE NEWS 773,000 4 ABC NEWS 574,000 5 AUSTRALIA'S GOT TALENT 556,000

tvtonight.com.au

LIVE: NZL V LBN: RUGBY LEAGUE WORLD CUP

FOX LEAGUE

29,000

Monday 17 October 2022 | TV Tonight

1 SEVEN NEWS 919,000 2 SEVEN NEWS AT 6.30 918,000 3 THE BLOCK 790,000 4 NINE NEWS 767,000 5 NINE NEWS 6:30 751,000

tvtonight.com.au

Why on earth are you comparing prime time free to air News in Australia to a Rugby league tournament in England featuring NZ and Lebanon at 230 in the morning on Foxtel
Cool story bro.

 

[League Unlimited News]

Why on earth are you comparing prime time free to air News in Australia to a Rugby league tournament in England featuring NZ and Lebanon at 230 in the morning on Foxtel
Cool story bro.

He's not, they're the links to the source information and the lede info populates automatically from our forum whenever a link is posted.

 

[Perth Red]

Why on earth are you comparing prime time free to air News in Australia to a Rugby league tournament in England featuring NZ and Lebanon at 230 in the morning on Foxtel
Cool story bro.

Haha you’ve gone off on one there mate lol. It’s just what the source link puts up, doh!

 

[Coastbloke]

Pity FTA didn’t come to the party. Despite, the timelines, I still think ratings would be higher..Also, if it wasn’t for this forum I’d be forgiven for not knowing there’s a WC going on.

 

[Perth Red]

Pity FTA didn’t come to the party. Despite, the timelines, I still think ratings would be higher..Also, if it wasn’t for this forum I’d be forgiven for not knowing there’s a WC going on.

You can’t have fox then? they’ve been talking it up and promoting it since they got the rights. I doubt nrl gives a sht so not like their media team, oh hang on pistol Pete sacked most of them lol, are putting out daily news articles to the main stream media.

 

[King Ben]

Would love to know who has been crazy enough to watch the event here in the US. At $99 for the mens Tournament, I'd be surprised if anybody did.

 

[Wb1234]

 

[Jack Deth]

Great figures them.

 

[League Unlimited News]

Rugby League World Cup 2021 is continuing to reach new audiences with millions of people from around the world watching the tournament’s opening round of fixtures, which kicked off at St James’ Park on Saturday 15 October.​

With every minute of every match broadcast live on the BBC, it is no surprise that the tournament’s opening clash between England men and Samoa is the most watched match so far, with a peak audience of 1.8 million people tuning in to watch Shaun Wane’s side despatch the dangerous Samoan team in emphatic fashion.
England’s follow up victory over France was watched on the BBC by a peak of 1.5 million while matches featuring the home nations have unsurprisingly proven popular with a combined audience of 2 million tuning in to watch the matches between Tonga v Wales and Scotland v Italy. The total combined audience for matches so far is approaching an impressive 10 million.
Despite every game being able to watch free to air, it hasn’t prevented thousands of fans from flocking through the gates. Over 43,000 were at St James’ Park for the tournament’s opening game which contributed to a new opening day record; the crowd at Bolton for England v France was the biggest to watch the two nations in 65 years, while the double-header of World Cup finals at Old Trafford is on course to sell out.
In total, 165,000 people have witnessed one of the matches live so far in stadia. That number is set to increase significantly as the men’s tournament approaches its quarter final stage and the women’s and wheelchair competitions kick off in the next few days.
In addition, fans of rugby league have also shown an impressive appetite for the tournament online, with millions of supporters flocking to RLWC2021’s website and social media channels over the last couple of weeks to stay up to date with the tournament, with over five million video views and 20 million impressions across various digital platforms.
Audiences are growing at approximately 10% week on week across the RLWC’s social channels, with the dedicated App, Our League also experiencing significant growth.
On launch, the RLWC2021 app delivered a record-breaking number of viewers on the live stream of England’s warm up fixture with Fiji which has continued throughout the tournament delivering records across, registrations, downloads and engagements.
This includes:
· Over 250,000 members with over 20,000 signing up this record-breaking month so far.
· Over 40,000 app downloads by the middle of this month.
· Over 20,000 players of the RLWC Predictor Game so far.
Rugby League World Cup 2021, Chief Executive, Jon Dutton said:

“It’s been a brilliant opening couple of weeks of the tournament, and it’s been great to see thousands of supporters in the ground and millions tuning in across, TV, online and social platforms to take in the exhilarating action that the athletes are delivering for us.

“As the men’s tournament approaches the knockout stage and the women’s and wheelchair competitions get set to begin, excitement around the tournament is continuing to build and coverage will be even more extensive.

“It’s particularly pleasing to see so many people engage and interact directly with the Rugby League World Cup 2021 in its various formats, and it bodes well for the sport’s future that our content across social is attracting audiences from younger demographics.

“This tournament has been trailblazing and history making in its approach from day one and these figures are incredibly encouraging as we look ahead to how we continue to grow our fantastic sport once this World Cup is over.”

Nearly 10 million tune into opening rounds of RLWC2021

Rugby League World Cup 2021 is continuing to reach new audiences with millions of people from around the world watching the tournament’s opening round of fixtures, which kicked off at St James’ Park on Saturday 15 October.

www.rlwc2021.com

 

[Iamback]

Pity FTA didn’t come to the party. Despite, the timelines, I still think ratings would be higher..Also, if it wasn’t for this forum I’d be forgiven for not knowing there’s a WC going on.

It is a shame the replays are counted, That would give a true picture of the tournament. Not sure many will get up at 2am to watch generally a one sided game

 

[Homo man69]

Would love to know who has been crazy enough to watch the event here in the US. At $99 for the mens Tournament, I'd be surprised if anybody did.

Seriously??? f**k me

 

[Foreign Legion]

Gotta love the "Union Calculator"

 

[ATOWN2]

It is a shame the replays are counted, That would give a true picture of the tournament. Not sure many will get up at 2am to watch generally a one sided game

True. I'm watching some of the replays but there's no way I'll be waking up early to watch the games on Kayo live.

 

[Perth Red]

True. I'm watching some of the replays but there's no way I'll be waking up early to watch the games on Kayo live.

Interestingly I suspect this could be the first time kayo replays rate higher than Kayo live games!

 

[The Penguin #6.]

Rugby League World Cup 2021 is continuing to reach new audiences with millions of people from around the world watching the tournament’s opening round of fixtures, which kicked off at St James’ Park on Saturday 15 October.​

With every minute of every match broadcast live on the BBC, it is no surprise that the tournament’s opening clash between England men and Samoa is the most watched match so far, with a peak audience of 1.8 million people tuning in to watch Shaun Wane’s side despatch the dangerous Samoan team in emphatic fashion.
England’s follow up victory over France was watched on the BBC by a peak of 1.5 million while matches featuring the home nations have unsurprisingly proven popular with a combined audience of 2 million tuning in to watch the matches between Tonga v Wales and Scotland v Italy. The total combined audience for matches so far is approaching an impressive 10 million.
Despite every game being able to watch free to air, it hasn’t prevented thousands of fans from flocking through the gates. Over 43,000 were at St James’ Park for the tournament’s opening game which contributed to a new opening day record; the crowd at Bolton for England v France was the biggest to watch the two nations in 65 years, while the double-header of World Cup finals at Old Trafford is on course to sell out.
In total, 165,000 people have witnessed one of the matches live so far in stadia. That number is set to increase significantly as the men’s tournament approaches its quarter final stage and the women’s and wheelchair competitions kick off in the next few days.
In addition, fans of rugby league have also shown an impressive appetite for the tournament online, with millions of supporters flocking to RLWC2021’s website and social media channels over the last couple of weeks to stay up to date with the tournament, with over five million video views and 20 million impressions across various digital platforms.
Audiences are growing at approximately 10% week on week across the RLWC’s social channels, with the dedicated App, Our League also experiencing significant growth.
On launch, the RLWC2021 app delivered a record-breaking number of viewers on the live stream of England’s warm up fixture with Fiji which has continued throughout the tournament delivering records across, registrations, downloads and engagements.
This includes:
· Over 250,000 members with over 20,000 signing up this record-breaking month so far.
· Over 40,000 app downloads by the middle of this month.
· Over 20,000 players of the RLWC Predictor Game so far.
Rugby League World Cup 2021, Chief Executive, Jon Dutton said:

Nearly 10 million tune into opening rounds of RLWC2021

Rugby League World Cup 2021 is continuing to reach new audiences with millions of people from around the world watching the tournament’s opening round of fixtures, which kicked off at St James’ Park on Saturday 15 October.

www.rlwc2021.com

This is great news and really takes the pressure off the disappointing crowd figures so far.
If sponsors know they are getting a large audience they are much more likely to come back next time or stick with sponsoring League for the French W.C. All the IRL have to get right next time is the crowds.

 

[Wb1234]

This is great news and really takes the pressure off the disappointing crowd figures so far.
If sponsors know they are getting a large audience they are much more likely to come back next time or stick with sponsoring League for the French W.C. All the IRL have to get right next time is the crowds.

The crowds are fine

English fans are whingers

dunno how you are so patient with trl posters lol