England-Ireland television viewing numbers peak at 1.2m

Ireland's last-minute Guinness Six Nations defeat to England in Twickenham on Saturday night saw an average audience of 971,000 watching on RTÉ2.

69% of those watching TV at the time were tuned-in to RTÉ2's live coverage which peaked at 1.2 million at 6.33pm.

Meanwhile, there were 230,000 streams on RTÉ Player of the 23-22 defeat.

The tournament concludes this weekend with two live games on Saturday on RTÉ2 & RTÉ Player.

First, Wales and Italy battle to avoid the wooden spoon (coverage from 1.45pm) while later (7.30pm) England face France in Lyon with both sides still mathematically in with a chance of winning the championship.

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