NRL State of Origin game 1 dominates Wednesday TV viewing

June 9, 2022 10:00

The first NRL State of Origin rugby league game of the season, played between the NSW Blues and QLD Maroons on Nine, topped overall TV viewing and entertainment on Wednesday night, while also winning all three key advertising demos.

The game saw a metro audience of 1.771 million viewers tune in. Nine also had the largest network share and won primary channel share for Wednesday night’s TV viewing.

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Emma Shepherd

Emma Shepherd was the acting deputy editor at Mumbrella who has over seven years of print and digital experience in the industry and has previously worked as a reporter for media outlets Bauer Media (now Are Media), Yahoo Australia, and a content strategist and writer for various independent marketing agencies.

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