Record Viewing Figures For Women's Rugby World Cup

England's crushing triumph complete nan United States successful nan Women's Rugby World Cup opener connected Friday drew successful a highest assemblage of 2.4 cardinal connected BBC One and 600,000 connected iPlayer.

The play saw 2.1 cardinal streams wide for nan tourney crossed BBC iPlayer and nan BBC Sport website and app.

In total, 4.6 cardinal viewers tuned successful to nan unrecorded sum complete nan weekend.

Scotland and Wales faced each different pinch a highest assemblage of 1.2 cardinal connected BBC One, arsenic nan Scots secured a 38-8 triumph connected Saturday.

Ireland's 42-14 triumph complete Japan, meanwhile, drew a highest assemblage of 534,000 connected BBC Two.

During nan opening week of nan tourney (18 August to 25 August), 3.2 cardinal unsocial visitors accessed World Cup contented connected nan BBC Sport website and app, pinch 1.2 cardinal engaging pinch nan unrecorded matter pages during nan matches.

The opening play viewing fig surpassed nan full scope of nan 2021 World Cup, which was played successful 2022 and attracted 3.7 cardinal viewers overall, including 1.8 cardinal for nan final.

The attendance grounds for nan Women's Rugby World Cup was besides surgery connected nan opening nighttime arsenic 42,723 watched nan Red Roses beat nan American Eagles 69-7 successful Sunderland.

"It's been a humanities summertime for women's athletics and BBC Sport is proud to person been astatine nan bosom of it," said BBC Director of Sport Alex Kay-Jelski.

"These record-breaking figures for nan opening play of nan Rugby World Cup show nan increasing passion and liking of fans crossed nan UK.

"With each 4 location nations competing connected nan world stage, we're bringing audiences each match, each moment, and nan stories down these inspiring female athletes. And pinch nan tourney conscionable getting started, there's overmuch much to come."

Ruby Tui, a New Zealand world and BBC Sport pundit, added: "If you could bargain shares successful women's rugby, it would beryllium your number 1 finance correct now.

"It's specified a buzz to beryllium present successful England to witnesser this phenomenal maturation of our game. World records are being surgery each play and I'm present for it."

BBC Sport is nan exclusive broadcaster of nan Rugby World Cup, pinch each lucifer connected BBC iPlayer and nan BBC Sport website and app.

All location nations matches and knockout shape fixtures will beryllium shown unrecorded connected BBC One aliases BBC Two.