State of Origin III draws 5.7m to score highest ratings of 2025

Nathan Jolly

July 10, 2025 12:41

Game 3 of the State of Origin managed to pull the largest free-to-air TV audience this year.

According to the Oztam VOZ ratings, Wednesday night’s Origin decider drew 5.657 million footy fans to Nine, with an average audience of 3.9 million at any given point.

This makes it the most-watched show of the year so far, and the highest-rating Game 3 since 2013. It was also the most-watched of any Origin match since 2016.

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Nathan Jolly

Nathan Jolly is the Features Editor at Mumbrella. He joined the team in July, 2023.