A reccord SA Origin crowd and 3.421m tune in for State of Origin 1

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