Rabbitohs Sam Burgess and Greg Inglis during their win over the Bulldogs during the 2014 NRL Grand Final match between the South Sydney Rabbitohs and the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs at ANZ Stadium in Sydney, Sunday, Oct. 5, 2014. AAP Image - Dean Lewins
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Rabbitohs Grand Final the most-watched NRL game of all time
6th Oct 2014 11:12 AM
THE Rabbitohs' premiership-drought ending victory will go down in history for another reason.
Last night's tightly-contested match between South Sydney and the Bulldogs is the highest ever rating NRL game.
A peak national audience of 4.65 million viewers tuned in to the clash, which secured an average national audience of 3.951 million viewers.
Last week's AFL grand final drew a slightly bigger five-city metro audience of 2.813 million, compared to last night's metro average of 2.597 million.
The Bunnies' emotional win also came just shy of topping another drought-ending win: the Blues' State of Origin victory earlier this year drew an average metro audience of 2.7 million viewers.
