new national coach Heyneke Meyer.
Posted: Thu Jun 23, 2016 8:52 amTORONTO - Super Bowl XLVIII is the second most-watched Super Bowl broadcast on record, with an average audience of 8 million viewers on CTV and RDS (CTV: 7. .3 million; RDS: 610,000), preliminary data from BBM Canada confirms. The most-watched television program of the past two years, the Seattle Seahawks commanding 43-8 victory over the Denver Broncos attracted more than 18 million unique viewers – or more than one-in-two Canadians (53%) – on CTV or RDS. In 2012, SUPER BOWL XLVI attracted 8.2 million viewers in Canada. Among the highlights: -With drum solos, gleaming gold jackets, and a massive fireworks display, the explosive halftime performance by Bruno Mars and the Red Hot Chili Peppers captivated Canadian viewers, as audience levels for SUPER BOWL XLVIII on CTV and RDS peaked at nearly 10 million viewers during the highly-anticipated halftime show. -The game on CTV received impressive 65% – 74% shares among key adult and male demographics in English Canada. -In the Vancouver market, fans showed their support for the Seahawks, with SUPER BOWL XLVIII growing 44% among A25-54 (to a 29 rating) and 33% among A18-49 (to a 27.2 rating) compared to last year. Once again, the SUPER BOWL proved to be the premier television property for Canadian advertisers and a coveted platform for key sponsor . Dee Gordon and Puig broke open a tie game with consecutive RBI doubles in the seventh, Matt Kemp homered in the eighth and the Dodgers beat the NL West-leading Giants 6-2 on Saturday. . -- Scott Langley is being careful not to get too far ahead of himself in the Travelers Championship. . He didnt need a whole lot of experience to know what was coming this time.JOHANNESBURG, South Africa -- Former Springboks loose forward Rassie Erasmus has been given a senior management role with the South African Rugby Union, SARU said Sunday, continuing its overhaul following the appointment of new national coach Heyneke Meyer. SARU said that Erasmus will be General Manager of High Performance Teams, working with the Springboks. The 39-year-old Erasmus played 36 tests for South Africa, one as captain, and was a consultant with the Boks at last years World Cup. He left his director of rugby role at Cape Town-based Super 15 team the Stormers in January. "Rassies inputs to the Springboks last year were lauded by everyone I spoke to and his coaching pedigree speaks for itself," Meyer said. Meyer, a Super rugby-winning coach with the Bulls who was appointed Springboks coach at the start of the year, is finalizing his coaching staff ahead of the Springboks three-test home series against England in June. He resigned a management role at the Bulls to take up the national team post. . SARU also said Sunday that it was in negotiations with five members of the Pretoria-based Bulls coaching staff, who Meyer wants as part of the Springboks setup. The national union also wants to employ former South Africa flyhalf Louis Koen and South African-born former France prop Pieter de Villiers, it said. The Bulls are reluctant to let their main coaches go after losing Meyer and are reportedly asking for compensation. Meyer now has less than two months to put his coaching team in place before his first game as Springboks coach, the opening test against England on June 9. "Its no secret that the negotiations around the Springbok assistant coaches positions have taken longer than we had hoped," SARU chief executive Jurie Roux said. Meyer said the Springboks would still "hit the ground running" ahead of the opening test against Stuart Lancasters new-look England team. ' ' '
