Those figures are a combination of viewers on Sky, Sky Sport Now, Sky Go and free-to-air on Prime, but do not include viewers who watched the games in pubs and clubs throughout the country. Sky's The Breakdown show reported on Tuesday night that the Super Rugby figures represented a 91 per cent increase on the average audience. As well as the high Sky figures, 63,000 Kiwis piled into Forsyth Barr Stadium in Dunedin and Eden Park in Auckland to watch the Super Rugby Aotearoa fixtures. Dianne Manson/Getty-Images The Highlanders started Super Rugby Aotearoa with a win against the Chiefs. The strong figures will also give NZ Rugby food for thought as it weighs up the future structure for Super Rugby.

Source: Stuff June 16, 2020 04:41 UTC