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21st July 2023
03:00pm BST
Fiona Frawley
According to RTÉ, live coverage of the game on RTÉ2 saw 511,000 people watching, with 360,000 people on the RTÉ Player. This is now the second highest streamed live sporting match ever on RTÉ Player, coming after the FIFA Men’s World Cup final in November 2022 with 490,000 streams. In a press release, RTÉ confirmed the opener was the most watched sports event of the year so far. A statement read: "Live coverage of the match generated 360,000 live streams on RTÉ Player with viewers watching from across the nation. "This morning the Republic of Ireland team kicked off their FIFA Women’s World Cup debut against Australia to a sell out crowd in the Accor Stadium in Sydney with hundreds of thousands watching from all around the world". This article originally appeared on her.ie Header image via Getty READ NEXT: - Ireland’s top 10 breakfast and brunch spots revealed - 5 of the best road-trip routes around Ireland
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