Sharks drought-breaking final delivers NRL and Nine record five-city audience

October 3, 2016 11:38

The Cronulla Sharks victory over the Melbourne Storm in the NRL Grand Final, breaking a 50-year hoo-doo, has delivered the NRL its highest five-city audience of all time for a Grand Final with 2.647m tuning in.

Time adjusted figures gave the match the winning margin in every metro market as 1.059m tuned into the match in Sydney.

Brisbane saw 720,000 watch, while 641,000 Melbourne fans sat through their team’s loss as the match came to a thrilling conclusion.

The audience in Perth topped 118,000 while 109,000 tuned in from Adelaide.

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Simon Canning

Simon Canning was Mumbrella's marketing and advertising editor from 2015-2017. In a career spanning journalism and communications over more than 30 years Simon has become one of Australia’s most respected analysts and commentators on the advertising, marketing and media industries. A regular commentator on radio and TV, Simon has also worked in media in the US and UK .

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