Australia has been gripped by Matildas fever in a collective sporting moment arguably not seen in this country since the 2000 Sydney Olympics.
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Australia has been gripped by Matildas fever in a collective sporting moment arguably not seen in this country since the 2000 Sydney Olympics.
Fans have turned out in droves, not only to games but also live sites around the country to watch as a collective and TV records have tumbled as the nation tunes gets behind Australia.
While the TV ratings for Saturday night’s gripping quarterfinal that became the longest ever shootout in FIFA World Cup history — men’s or women’s — weren’t yet out, the ratings had only been climbing game after game.
More than 3.5 million watched the Matildas’ round of 16 win over Denmark on Monday night on – 3.18m on TV and 385,000 on the 7plus streaming service in Australia.
Even just those numbers were enough to outrate every NRL Grand Final and State of Origin since 2016 as well as five of the past seven AFL Grand Finals. And even more football fans more would have been watching via Optus Sport, as well as all those at live sites.
