Swans beat Sharks in battle for viewers as AFL and NRL dominate

The AFL had another big win against the NRL in terms of TV viewers last night, with the finals continuing to dominate Friday night TV.

The Swans’ victory over Geelong Cats managed the bigger main channel audience of the two sports with 739,000 viewers in Melbourne and Adelaide on Channel Seven, with Seven opting to keep the match off of its main channel in Sydney despite the presence of a local team.

Across the five cities, including audiences on 7HD and 7Mate the audience was 1.032m. A national audience of 497,000 thousand tuned in for the match simulcast on Fox Sports.