Bledisloe Cup smashes TV ratings

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Bledisloe Cup smashes TV ratings
By Jon Geddes

July 29, 2008 12:00am

THE Wallabies not only smashed the All Blacks last Saturday but the TV ratings as well, with their epic Bledisloe Cup victory the most viewed program on pay television this year.

Australia's 34-19 win under new coach Robbie Deans at ANZ Stadium was also the most watched rugby match ever shown on Fox Sports.

And Channel Seven's telecast of the game won the free to air ratings in Sydney on Saturday night.

An average 350,000 viewers watched the game on Fox Sports, while on a five-city metro basis, the Test attracted 727,000 free-to-air viewers - with 426,000 of them in Sydney.

Including regional areas, the combined TV audience nationwide was 1.445 million.

"The ARU is delighted to see television audiences on the rise," said CEO John O'Neill.

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oh but ask weebles and he will tell you that the interest is declining

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oh but ask weebles and he will tell you that the interest is declining

and so will ch 7 Perth