Dessie Farrell's team defeated Kerry by two points yesterday to win its first Sam Maguire in three years.

Dublin prevailed in a closely fought final thanks to two late points from replacement Dean Rock.

Three Dublin players—Player of the Year James McCarthy, Michael Fitzsimons, and custodian Stephen Cluxton—earned their eighth All-Ireland championship with the victory.

It's interesting that 181,000 streams were made available on RTÉ Player yesterday, compared to an average of 971,000 viewers of The Sunday Game Live on RTÉ2.

77% of those viewing TV at the time were members of the RTÉ2 audience. The viewership attained for the 1,245,000 minutes of television broadcast peaked at 1,096,000 at 5:06 p.m.

The 181,000 streaming on RTÉ Player were 50,000 higher than the final of the previous year, while the 971,000 average on RTÉ2 was nearly 100,000 more than the final of the previous year (862,000). 87% of adults ages 15 to 34 who were watching TV at the time had RTÉ2's live broadcast on.

With a share of 21%, RTÉ2 averaged 171,000 viewers for the highlights and assessment of the football season with Jacqui Hurley and guests on the Sunday Game.

Up For the Match with Jacqui and Des Cahill drew an average audience of 322,000 viewers on Saturday night on RTÉ One.