Record viewers for Cup games

RTÉ’s coverage of Leinster’s and Munster’s Heineken Cup quarter-finals clashes last Saturday drew record audiences for the broadcaster.

The highest Heineken Cup audience figures were recorded during Munster’s win over Perpignan with the audience peaking at a massive 584,000 representing a 49% share of people watching television at that time.

The tie had an audience of 431,000 for the duration of the game.

255,000 tuned in for the duration of the Toulouse v Leinster game with the audience peaking at 352,000.

The highest figure for Heineken Cup before this weekend was for Munster’s Pool game with Sale on January 21st when 382,000 tuned in.