Set of six: rugby league attracts four times as many as union on TV
But union's credibility remains higher due to its international profile after Samoa v Fiji was dismissed by one reporter
Andy Wilson
Friday 9 May 2014 02.43 AEST First published on Friday 9 May 2014 02.43 AEST
1) International rescue
On each of the last two weekends, the most-watched rugby game of either code in England has been at Headingley.
Leeds's Challenge Cup fifth-round tie against St Helens attracted a seven-figure audience on BBC1, more than four times as many as watched union's Saracens-Clermont Auvergne European Cup tie the same Saturday afternoon.
Last Friday it was a similar story, with the Leeds-Wigan Super League blockbuster on Sky Sports 1 inevitably outrating BT Sport's offerings from the Premiership at Bath and Sale β and the 18,139 crowd at Headingley also making it the best-attended rugby match of the weekend.
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By the way, for all those playing at home, AFL crowds = o0o AFL , AFL viewers - o0o

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