North Melbourne’s thriller against Adelaide on Sunday was another TV ratings hit with more than 744,000 people tuning in to watch the game on Channel 7 and Foxtel.

The game attracted the third highest television audience for the round nationally, behind only Collingwood v Sydney and Richmond v Essendon on Friday and Saturday nights respectively.

The brilliant result comes a weeks after the club recorded one of the highest rating matches for the year so far; its game against West Coast in Perth drawing more than 1.2 million viewers.

GameViewers
Collingwood v Sydney1,364,463
Richmond v Essendon983,280
North Melbourne v Adelaide744,582
Port Adelaide v Geelong532,784
Fremantle v Melbourne310,162
St Kilda v Western Bulldogs256,522
Hawthorn v Gold Coast252,470
GWS Giants v West Coast242,886
Brisbane v Carlton40,542