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IRELAND’S WORLD CUP playoff against Denmark attracted a peak viewership of over one million people.
The first leg match, which finished 0-0 in Copenhagen, was watched by an average of 848,000 viewers, 52% of all those watching TV at the time were tuned-in to RTÉ2’s coverage. Viewership peaked at 1.01 million as the game drew to a close around 9.35pm.
Earlier on Saturday, Ireland’s huge win over South Africa in the first of this year’s Guinness Series internationals at the Aviva Stadium was watched by an average of 631,100 viewers with 48.4% of the available audience tuned-in to RTÉ2.
A hardy group of nearly 40,000 people got up for Ireland’s International Rules loss to Australia.
The 5am test in Adelaide was watched by an average of 39,600 viewers on RTÉ2, 51% of the available audience while 93,000 tuned-in to the highlights on Sunday evening.
The RTÉ Player had 47,055 live streams on Saturday for the Ireland v South Africa game, as well as 63,575 live streams on for the football. Another 6,416 live streams were clocked on Sunday for the International Rules Series, with a further 6,825 catch-up streams later in the day.
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So is that a million people who wished they had done something better with their time? (Incl me)
@Barry Dempsey: No. Support the boys in green through cold nights of awful football in Denmark and it makes the rare moments of glory so much sweeter.
@Malachi: They were awful.
@Bairéid Rísteard: Don’t think I said otherwise. Your point?
@Bairéid Rísteard: they were excellent what are you on about?
@Aidan Holden: Sarcasm is the lowest form of wit, you witless idiot, now support your team coz I know you will jump on board if they get to Russia
@Noel Ryan: I am being serious
Guys earning more in a week than most people do in a year and they couldn’t string four passes together. Absolute dross!
@Chad Rockett: tomorrow will be the reckoning Chad, can they set it up now & have a go like the north did last night or is it more of the same? We shall soon see if Denmark get one or not we must setup positively from minute one
@Noel James Doherty: we won’t set up positively from the start, I’d be pretty sure Houlihan won’t be starting, for example. MON will only change things with 20 minutes to go (if it remains nil nil at that point)
@Chad Rockett: perfectly put Chad. Even on good days Irish International soccer team are an endurance test to watch. Seems to have been going on since Charlton era as well.
Better off watching Fair City
@Nicola Laura O’Connor: on rte player of course
2 hours of my life i will never get back…
@Pj Quinn: so your not watching the match tomorrow then is it?
Half watched, all were bored.
How many of 848,000 fell asleep ?
One thing for sure I was not in the half of watching the match. Since the game I am hearing conversations between people of how it should have been played we should have done this and we should have done that as I don’t know the names of the players I got very interested in whoever was called We ? .Could not see anyone called We. lol
@Alan Scott: another one of the “we” taliban. We’ll support them while ye’re bothered by the petty things.
@Mick Power: Is that all you can come with lol
@Alan Scott: I wouldn’t be wasting much brain cells on you.
@Mick Power: Another Idiot full of BS
@Alan Scott: don’t be so hard on yourself
What about getting a all Irish team to play for Ireland ?
@Alan Scott: We have one and they did a very convincing job of defeating South Africa on Saturday evening.
@Terry McClatchey:
True but can we do it in a competitive sport?
I, thankfully, was in the other half.
Rugby was more entertaining and still does, than soccer. Strong men vs Cry babies..
@Oisin Curry: Strong men cry you numpty. Rugby is mud wrestling for those with superiority complexes. Go to the cinema if you want to be entertained, I’ll keep supporting our country in a properly global sport
We’ll do it all again tomorrow as well. Suckers for punishment
@Brian O’Loughlin: Of course we’ll do it again, sure that’s when the tie will be decided. What would be the point in just watching the tense dour first game without seeing where it gets us?
Poor bastars
Glad to say I’m in the half that wasn’t…
All the haters on here tonight, nation of begrudgers , yet when we qualify tomorrow night all of the same people will be on the bandwagon absolutely delighted , Shame on ye
Watched a real game Rugby ….
Sums up the night life on a sat night in rural Ireland riveting stuff!!
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