Nearly 10 million viewers watched England come within inches of clinching a famous Six Nations championship victory, only to fall at the final hurdle as they failed to build the 26-point gap needed over France to pip Ireland to the title.
While Ireland celebrated their success at Murrayfield having powered past Scotland 40-10 a few hours earlier, England were left to consider what could have been had they converted a late chance which saw a 14-man maul collapse on the French try line, only for Les Blues to come out with possession.
Regardless, the aptly named Super Saturday delivered 27 tries and 221 points across the three games, the most ever seen on the final day of the championship, and the BBC have confirmed that the unprecedented drama was reflected in their record-breaking viewing figures.
A peak audience of 9.63m watched England v France, which kicked off at 5pm on Saturday, while Italy v Wales peaked at 4.1m and Scotland v Ireland hit a hit of 5.1m.
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The BBC’s website also recorded its highest ever traffic on a single day as the 8.22m unique UK browsers trumped the previous record of 8.03m set during the London 2012 Olympic Games.
"What an amazing end to such a thrilling Six Nations championship, and duly reflected in such a huge audience figure of 9.63 million on BBC One, with millions more accessing content through radio, online and digital platforms."
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