Japan 2019: 8.9 million UK viewers watch the England-South Africa final on ITV (audience share: 67%)

England - South Africa (12-32), final of the 2019 Rugby World Cup, at the Yokohama International Stadium (72,327 capacity) in Yokohama (JPN), drew an average of 8.9 million viewers in the United Kingdom with a peak audience of 12.8 million on the free and private TV channel ITV on Saturday 02/11/2019 (kick-off at 18:00 local time, 09:00 GMT).

This figure represented an audience share of 67% "making it the most watched TV moment of 2019 on any channel and also the most watched sports programme since the football World Cup (2018) on any channel," said ITV on 03/11/2019. The match also drew 5.03 million viewers on the French free and private TV channel TF1 (audience share: 56.8%).

England - New Zealand (19-7), semi-finals of the 2019 Rugby World Cup, at the International Stadium Yokohama (72,327 capacity), drew 7.4 million viewers with a peak audience of 10 million on ITV, on Saturday 26/10/2019 (kick-off at 17:00 local time, 09:00 GMT). Audience share: 65%.

"Figures at the close of the group stages, showed that an average of 1.7m watched the 37 matches (from a planned 40, due to…