Ireland's thrilling win over South Africa draws 1.2m viewers

Ireland's Rugby World Cup Pool B win over reigning champions South Africa in the Stade de France on Saturday night saw an average audience of 1.2 million watching on RTÉ2.

A total of 73% of those watching TV at the time were tuned in to RTÉ2's live coverage which peaked at 1.4 million at 9.47pm.

Meanwhile, there were 267,000 streams on RTÉ Player with 243,000 of those being live streams.

The live action from France continues this week with Japan v Samoa on Thursday (7.30pm). Saturday sees Argentina v Chile (1.30pm,) and Fiji v Georgia (4.30pm) while on Sunday it's South Africa v Tonga (7.30pm).

All games are live on RTÉ2 and RTÉ Player.

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