Kerry’s win over Donegal in yesterday’s All-Ireland Football Final drew an average audience of 933,000 viewers to RTÉ One’s coverage on The Sunday Game Live, with 79% of the available audience tuning in as Joanne Cantwell presented live coverage of the Kingdom’s record-extending 39th All-Ireland title.
Viewership peaked at 1,033,000 towards the end of the game (17.17).
This is behind the previous week’s All-Ireland Hurling Final, which had an average of 980,000 and a peak of 1,119,000.
The Sunday Game Live (including Sunday Game Beo) had 378,000 streams on RTÉ Player yesterday, compared to a record-setting 400,645 the week before.
Sunday Game Beo on RTÉ News channel and RTÉ Player, presented by Gráinne McElwain, had Irish language commentary of the final. At the same time, Sunday Sport on RTÉ Radio 1 brought listeners all the action from yesterday’s final, as did Raidió na Gaeltachta’s Spórt an Lae.
Last night, Jacqui Hurley and the Sunday Game pundits picked the Football team of the year, while Kerry captain Gavin White was named Man of the Match, on The Sunday Game on RTÉ2, which was watched by an average of 175,000 with a share of 22% while there were 34,400 streams on RTÉ Player.
The craic began on Saturday night on RTÉ One as an average audience of 309,000 watched Up For The Match on RTÉ One as Jacqui Hurley and Des Cahill were joined live in studio by GAA legends and fans, as Marty Morrissey was joined by Hollywood star Matthew Broderick live in Kilcar, Donegal to celebrate the All-Ireland final. Up For The Match had 44,000 streams on RTÉ Player.
Fans were heavily engaged with The Sunday Game across RTÉ’s social media platforms, with video views reaching 6.73 million, with over 705,000 engagements. President Michael D. Higgins’ appearance at the last men’s All-Ireland Final was the top-performing piece of content across all RTÉ social channels and platforms.
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