{"id":807406,"date":"2026-10-19T09:06:17","date_gmt":"2026-10-19T09:06:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/807406\/"},"modified":"2026-10-19T09:06:17","modified_gmt":"2026-10-19T09:06:17","slug":"england-tonga-clash-watched-by-over-1-million-with-huge-figures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/807406\/","title":{"rendered":"England-Tonga clash watched by over 1 million with HUGE figures"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>1.034 million tuned in to watch Australian broadcaster Channel 7\u2018s\u00a0coverage of Saturday\u2019s Rugby League World Cup clash between <a href=\"https:\/\/www.loverugbyleague.com\/club\/england\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">England<\/a> and Tonga, it\u2019s been confirmed.<\/p>\n<p>Down Under, every single game from this autumn\u2019s international showpiece is being screened by\u00a0Channel 7, with their match feed also utilised by Premier Sports, the Ireland-based broadcaster responsible for showing the World Cup on this side of the globe.<\/p>\n<p>England\u2019s games at the World Cup see commentary provided by legendary caller Andrew Voss and the nation\u2019s most-capped men\u2019s player ever, James Graham.<\/p>\n<p>And on Saturday, the pair were on duty as Brian McDermott\u2019s reign began with a 30-12 defeat to Tonga, leaving England\u2019s World Cup campaign in serious danger of being over before its even begun.<\/p>\n<p>While there was little to celebrate for those of an England persuasion on the field, off it, the viewing figures for Saturday\u2019s clash make for great reading.<\/p>\n<p>Over 1 million watch England-Tonga clash as HUGE viewing figures revealed<\/p>\n<p>Channel 7 have released their figures for the England-Tonga bout, confirming that 1.034 million tuned in to their broadcast, including 337,000 who watched on demand.<\/p>\n<p>Those watching on demand include those who watched the game back following its conclusion.<\/p>\n<p>The Australian broadcaster have also confirmed that their coverage of the clash had a total audience reach of 2.383 million!<\/p>\n<p>Elsewhere, the figures for both the Papua New Guinea-Lebanon (men\u2019s) and England-Wales (women\u2019s) games which preceded England-Tonga have also been revealed.<\/p>\n<p>305,000 saw PNG\u2019s big win in Port Moresby as they thumped the Cedars 42-18, largely courtesy of a dominant second half showing on home soil.<\/p>\n<p>The Kumuls\u2019 success saw 127,000 watch on demand with Channel 7\u2018s total audience reach for that broadcast coming in at 805,000.<\/p>\n<p>England\u2019s women meanwhile were rampant throughout against Wales, cantering to a 70-6 victory in Perth. Their big win was watched on Channel 7 by 310,000, including 122,000 on demand.<\/p>\n<p>With a clash against the Jillaroos next up for Stuart Barrow\u2019s side, their opening clash against Wales saw a total audience reach of 942,000 on Channel 7.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"1.034 million tuned in to watch Australian broadcaster Channel 7\u2018s\u00a0coverage of Saturday\u2019s Rugby League World Cup clash between&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":807407,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[5903,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-807406","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-rugby","tag-rugby","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/807406","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=807406"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/807406\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/807407"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=807406"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=807406"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=807406"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}