Donegal supporters at Sunday's All-Ireland final against Kerry. Photo: Thomas Gallagher
Kerry's 1-26 to 0-19 win over Donegal in Sunday's All-Ireland SFC final drew an average audience of 933,000 viewers to RTÉ One's coverage on The Sunday Game Live.
Some 79% of the available audience tuned 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 at 5:17pm. The Sunday Game Live (including Sunday Game Beo) had 378,000 streams on RTÉ Player. Sunday Game Beo on RTÉ News channel and RTÉ Player, presented by Gráinne McElwain, had Irish language commentary of the final while Sunday Sport on RTÉ Radio 1 brought listeners all the action from the final as did Raidió na Gaeltachta's Spórt an Lae.
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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 n 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' last men's All Ireland Final was the top performing piece of content across all RTÉ social channels and platforms.
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