3.9m: Origin III becomes biggest audience so far this year

State of Origin III has pulled a massive 3.9m viewers in National TV Audience.
That lifts on Origin I (3.76m) and Origin II (3.75m), making it the top TV audience so far in 2025.
City audiences were Sydney 1.00m / Brisbane 915,000 / Melbourne 397,000 / Perth 176,000 / Adelaide 123,000 -and the highest ever BVOD audience of all time with 978,000 watching on 9Now (beating FIFA Women’s World Cup Semi Final: Matildas v England by 7,000).The game was a bloodbath for the NSW Blues, still on 0 at