Thursday night’s crowd-less Richmond-Carlton clash was Channel 7s highest rating season-opener in at least five years.
The Tigers’ 24-point win had an average national audience of 1,024,000 – up on last year’s corresponding 981,000.
Seven’s metro (five capital city) average audience was up from last year, while Melbourne’s average audience was 542,000 – a leap of 12.4 per cent on 12 months ago.
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It was the first AFL match played behind closed doors amid the coronavirus pandemic that has rocked the sporting landscape.
Round 1 continues tonight with the Western Bulldogs taking on Collingwood at Marvel Stadium.
