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Ireland's debut game in the FIFA Women's World Cup had the second highest streaming audience ever on RTÉ for a sporting event, second only to the World Cup final.
Figures released by RTÉ show that live coverage of the Republic of Ireland's Women's World Cup opening match saw an average of 511,000 television viewers watch the game on RTÉ2, equating to 77% share of viewers watching television. There were a further 360,000 live streams on RTÉ Player.
On Thursday morning the Republic of Ireland team kicked off their FIFA Women’s World Cup debut against Australia to a sell-out crowd in the Accor Stadium in Sydney with hundreds of thousands watching from all around the world.
They lost out narrowly to the joint-host nation on a 1-nil score-line.
RTÉ says the streaming numbers and TV ratings from Thursday’s opening game demonstrate the growing support for the women’s national team as live audiences for women’s sport hit an all-time high.
The first of the Republic of Ireland’s three group games is the second highest streamed live sporting match on the RTÉ Player, with the FIFA Men’s World Cup final in November 2022 having generated 490,000 streams.
RTÉ will also show Ireland’s next group match against Canada, on Wednesday July 26th at 1pm. All coverage of the tournament will air across RTÉ2, 2FM, RTÉ Player, RTÉ.ie and RTÉ News channel.
Ireland will be aiming for at least a draw, against the reigning Olympic champions, before their final group game against Nigeria.
RTÉ experienced some sound problems with their live broadcast of the game on Thursday, for which they apologised on numerous occasions.
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