Eight Million Tune In For England v Ireland

The Six Nations viewing figures rose again last weekend with ITV’s coverage of England v Ireland achieving a peak total of almost eight million. The tournament reached a record-breaking peak audience of 9.63 million for England v France on the memorable final day last year and both BBC and ITV will be hoping the figures continue to increase as we build towards this season’s climax. An average of three million viewers across the three and a half hours of coverage tuned in for England v Italy on ITV in Round 2, with that figure affected by Valentine’s Day and the Sunday lunchtime time slot, whil…