RWC Television Records Continue To Tumble

The host nation may have exited the tournament but it certainly hasn’t dampened people’s enthusiasm in other countries as more television records were broken at the weekend. A new world record has been set for a national television audience for a Rugby World Cup match as 25 million people in Japan watched the Brave Blossoms beat Samoa in Pool B in Milton Keynes on Saturday, surpassing the 20.7 million that watched the semi-final between France and England in 2007 across The Channel. Almost 20 per cent of the Japanese population was watching the game and the TV audience share was in excess of 6…