Seven’s AFL metro audience more than doubles the NRL on Friday night

Footy fans rejoiced at the return of Friday Night Football, with Seven’s LIVE and FREE coverage of the Geelong-Hawthorn blockbuster reaching 1.862 million people nationally and 1.395 million in metro areas.

As Geelong romped to a 61-point win over the Hawks with a dazzling display of free-scoring football, Seven’s average metro audience of 750,000 more than doubled the NRL’s free-to-air metro audience of 326,000.

Seven’s average national audience of 994,000 on Friday night was 81 per cent up on the NRL’s free-to-air national audience of 548,000.

In Melbourne, Seven’s coverage reached 822,000 fans, while an average audience of 476,000 enjoyed the Cats’ dominant display.