Sport on Television: Saturday's Heineken European Cup final between Munster and Biarritz attracted the highest audience figures for the tournament this year for RTÉ sport.

An average of 67.3 per cent of people who were watching television on Saturday tuned in to see the final with a peak of nearly 80 per cent of people watching Munster become European Champions (peak audience share of 78.9 per cent on RTÉ Two). This resulted in a record audience share of 82 per cent across both channels.

An average of 532,000 tuned in for RTÉ's match coverage with an massive audience peak of 756,000 tuning in for the final minutes of coverage.

Munster were crowned European Cup winners after defeating the French side 23-19 in a nail biting match.