Fox League enjoys biggest-ever overnight share after start of 2018 NRL season

After the first NRL match of 2018 last week, MCN reported that Fox League had its highest-ever overnight share. The average national audience of 263,000 was up 13% on the 2017 opening game.

Also reporting a bigger audience was The Late Show with Matty Johns with 113,000 watching, up 22% on the launch episode in 2017.

The dedicated rugby league channel operated by Fox Sports launched at the start of the 2017 season.