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Tuesday 10 June 2008

Football v Rugby Union:

Socceroos outrate Super 14 Show piece.

Football continues to rate well on PAYTV. The Socceroos, who used to play in front of dismal crowds only a few years ago, outrated all the recent AFL, NRL games shown on PAYTV over the las two weeks; and even the Rugby Union showpiece final between The Waratahs and Crusaders.

330,000 Paytv viewers tuned into the Socceroos home qualifier beating the Waratahs biggest ever game by a mere 6,000. But a win is a win is a win as they say.

David Dale from the SMH reports:

On Pay TV, the most watched were the World Cup soccer(he meant football he truly did) qualifier between Australia and Iraq (Fox Sports 3) 330,000; NRL Wests Tigers v Cowboys (Fox Sports 2) 291,000; Australia's Next Top Model (Fox8) 232,000; and The Simpsons (Fox8) 221,000. The ABC triumphed with Spicks And Specks (1.37m) and The Gruen Transfer (1.27m) and SBS scored with a new season of Top Gear (786,000).



compared to the previous week.

The most watched shows on Pay TV were:
1 NRL COWBOYS V PANTHERS Fox Sports 2 324,000
2 RUGBY UNION: S14 FINAL Fox Sports 3 324,000
3 AUSTRALIA'S NEXT TOP MODEL FOX8 273,000
4 NRL BULLDOGS V SHARKS Fox Sports 2 238,000
5 NRL KNIGHTS V WARRIORS Fox Sports 2 222,000
6 AFL W BULLDOGS V N MELB Fox Sports 1 221,000
7 THE SIMPSONS FOX8 209,000
8 LAFL HAWTHORN V WESTERN BULLDOGS Fox Sports 1 184,000
9 FUTURAMA FOX8 180,000
10 SELLING HOUSES AUSTRALIA Lifestyle 176,000

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