Featured as the Channel 7 match on Sunday, the afternoon clash had 806,880 viewers and was the second highest rating game of the week and North's second highest of 2013.
Despite the 38-point loss, almost 200,000 of the viewers were from Melbourne. It was only 30,000 behind the Western Bulldogs v Richmond clash on Saturday night, a match which featured two Victorian clubs.
North will again be featured on Channel 7 this Sunday against Greater Western Sydney before its next free-to-air clash on Friday night in Round 17 against Carlton.
North's top ratings of 2013
Round 8 v West Coast - 1,282,547
Round 13 v Fremantle - 806,880
Round 11 v Gold Coast - 774,670
