OVER ONE MILLION WATCH ON RTÉ AS LIMERICK SEAL HISTORIC 4-IN-A-ROW ALL IRELAND TITLE

MOST WATCHED HURLING FINAL SINCE 2019

Limerick’s enthralling win over Kilkenny in yesterday’s All Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final in Croke Park was watched by over a million viewers in Ireland. An average of 830,000 were tuned into The Sunday Game Live on RTÉ2 with an additional 9,000 viewers on RTÉ2+1.The RTÉ2 audience represented a share of 71% of those watching TV at the time. Television coverage peaked at 936,000 at 4.46pm and overall reached 1,125,000 viewers.

There were 193,000 streams on RTÉ Player, up from 109,000 for last year’s decider while the 830,000 average on RTÉ2 was the highest audience since 2019. 77% of Adults 15-34 watching TV at the time were tuned to RTÉ2’s live coverage. Last night’s highlights and review of the Hurling year on the Sunday Game drew an average audience of 177,000 with a share of 21%.

Commenting on yesterday’s figures, RTÉ Group Head of Sport, Declan McBennett, said “The dynamic nature of the final deserved to be enjoyed by the nation as a whole. Kilkenny’s first half intensity and Limerick’s second half display of power and skill was testimony to the high standards that we now take for granted. For a million plus people to enjoy the spectacle as well as those in attendance and those listening on radio is a fitting climax to the inter county hurling season.“

This coming weekend sees bumper RTÉ GAA coverage continuing with the All-Ireland Football Final meeting of old rivals Dublin and defending champions Kerry. Joanne Cantwell will have all the live action on the Sunday Game Live from 2.30pm on RTÉ2 and RTÉ Player with Jacqui Hurley presenting the Sunday Game that evening from 9.30pm, also on RTÉ2 and RTÉ Player.

On Saturday night Jacqui will be joined by Des Cahill for Up For The Match as they set the scene for Sunday’s big game. Saturday Sport and Sunday Sport on RTÉ Radio 1 will have live commentaries, reports and reaction from Croke Park, as will Spórt an tSathairn and Spórt an Lae on RTÉ Raidió na Gaeltachta, while RTÉ.ie/sport will keep fans up to date with all the action.

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