Live sport proves a huge ratings winner for RTÉ

The station enjoyed bumper numbers of Saturday with racing, rugby and GAA securing over a million viewers

Ireland's Garry Ringrose celebrates scoring their fourth try with Andrew Conway with Johnny Sexton

Live sport proved a massive ratings winner for RTÉ with over a million viewers tuning into their coverage of the Six Nations and the Allianz Football League on Saturday alone.

Ireland's victory over Wales at the Aviva Stadium secured an average audience of 729,000 viewers on RTÉ2 with the viewership peaking at 4.07pm with 841,000 watching. In addition, there were 96,000 streams on RTÉ Player.