Munster Are Most-Watched Side In URC – Munster Rugby

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A viewership of over 37 million watched the BKT United Rugby Championship throughout the 2022/23 season which broke one other broadcast file due to an 8% rise in viewers figures.

Munster had been the most-watched staff within the competitors. Choose up a Season Ticket for 2023/24 here.

Our conflict in opposition to DHL Stormers in April had the best viewership within the common season (688,903).

Munster’s semi-final win in opposition to Leinster drew 856,599 viewers to set the best common viewers of the complete season. The Grand Ultimate itself between DHL Stormers and Munster additionally recorded the next peak viewers with over 1 million watching.

Twelve months on from asserting a earlier file of over 34.6million, the BKT URC can now report {that a} cumulative whole of 37.4million tuned in to look at the drama unfold from throughout Eire, Italy, Scotland, South Africa and Wales.

The determine additionally consists of 5 rounds the place the viewers was over 2 million and 12 rounds had been the viewers climbed past 1.5million. As well as, 5 of the highest 10 most-viewed video games of the common season noticed audiences rise above half one million with DHL Stormers v Munster from Spherical 17 closing in on virtually 700,000 viewers.

The BKT URC Play-Offs had over 4 million viewers.

Martin Anayi, United Rugby Championship CEO, stated: “It has been a record-setting 12 months for the BKT URC when it comes to attendances and now to set a brand new bar for TV audiences is a testomony to new ranges of curiosity that encompass our league.

“We’ve labored exhausting to determine the BKT URC because the rising drive within the rugby business. Having just lately damaged past 1 million social media followers we are able to see that followers are responding to what now we have created by going to stadiums, watching at dwelling and interesting by their favorite digital media platforms.

“On the pitch now we have seen the brand new format ship extra jeopardy and shock outcomes. The combo of taking part in kinds and cultures inside the league is offering an enchantment that could be very distinctive in rugby. This sort of progress in audiences and attendances don’t occur with out our broadcast companions and groups taking part in their half and so they all deserve nice credit score for this achievement.”