A record crowd of 48,613 has attended Origin I at Adelaide Oval, the best attendance for a Rugby League match in South Australia.
Rugby league’s season of record-breaking TV ratings has continued on State of Origin night. Channel Nine finished with its highest Origin audience since game one in 2018, attracting a viewership of 3.421m – up 300,000 on the game three decider last year.
Overnight ratings
- Nine Metro 1.981m
- Syd 804k Melnb 252k Bris 698k Adl 118k Per 110k
- up 11.04% on 2022 Origin I and the Highest rating Origin match since Origin I 2021
- Prematch 998k
- Postmatch 712k
- Regional 904,000
- BVOD: 536,000
Origin 1 is the 21st highest rating Origin match since 2003, the 11th highest rating Game 1 since 2003, and at 3.421m is ahead of the overall average since 2003 of 3.301m viewers per game
Nine’s coverage of State of Origin Game I gave the network a soaring win with a 50.5% overall share on Wednesday night, as the match aired to almost two million metro viewers.
In Adelaide Origin I ratings up 40% from 84,000 in 2020 when it was last held at the Oval to 118k in 2023.
- Total Origin ratings were the highest since Origin 1 2018.
- Origin metro ratings were the highest since Origin II 2020.
- Origin regional ratings were the highest since Origin 1 2019
- BVOD ratings are the highest ever. BVOD ratings now make up 15% of the ratings for Origin
Origin 1 is the 21st highest rating Origin match since 2003, the 11th highest rating Game 1 since 2003, and at 3.421m is ahead of the overall average since 2003 of 3.301m viewers per game
BVOD
Origin 1 2019 had a BVOD rating of just 69,000 – over the last 4 years BVOD ratings have risen by 676%, while the standard tv broadcast ratings have dropped 10% over the same period. Last night was a record, despite technical difficulties that affect new users trying to sign up to the 9NOW service.
Total Television and VOZ
- Nine 3.311m
- Metro 1.802m
- Reg 973,000
- BVOD 536,000
- Prematch 1.659m
- Postmatch 1.235m
Foxtel
Despite no live coverage of the game itself Origin coverage was 3 of the top 4 slots on Subcription tv
- #1 Origin footy on Fox 75,000
- #2 Live origin footy on Fox 53,000
- #4 Live origin footy on Fox 40,000
- #11 G1 2023: NSW/QLD 22,000
Pointless stat: games where QLD win Origin rate on average 2.13% better than games where NSW win since 2003. (3.331m to 3.261m)
— sportsindustry (@footyindustryAU) June 1, 2023
According to Nine
- State of Origin – Game 1 is the highest rating program of the year
- State of Origin – Game 1 is the highest rating match since Game 1 in 2018
- State of Origin – Game 1 smashed live streaming records, achieving the highest ever Live BVOD Audience of all time against all broadcasters.
- State of Origin – Game 1 2023 up on last year State of Origin Match 1 by +11.9% Metro, 22.1% Regional, 26.1% BVOD and 16.5% TTL TV
- State of Origin – Game 1 2023 is the highest rating State of Origin game in Adelaide of all time
- State of Origin Match recorded a Live BVOD Audience of 536,000 (+26% YoY)..
- State of Origin Match completely dominated its timeslot with Total People and all key demos across the 5 City Metro and East Coast and in all major capital cities
Data Sources:
- NineComms
- Oztam Metropolitaton 5 city and Subscritpion Preliminary Reports
- VOZ top 30 daily reports
- Historical data from footyindustry.com and MediaweekAus
Media Reports
- TV Blackbox – CHANNEL 9 faces outrage after 9NOW crashes during STATE OF ORIGIN opener
- Mediaweek – How did Game One stack up? 22 years of State Of Origin ratings
- News – Nearly 3.5 million people watch opening State of Origin clash in ratings blitz
- Code – State of Origin Buzz: TV ratings reveal huge audience for Adelaide match
- Mumbrella – Nine smashes a ratings record while SBS’s surprise hit trumps MasterChef
