High decibel levels promised ahead of key Rugby Union World Cup clash at Twickenham tomorrow

Crowd support is one disadvantage England will not have

With so much on the line in the Rugby World Cup people are determined that Twickenham will be at its loudest this Saturday in the clash with the Wallabies. Some are now going to extraordinary lengths to pump up the volume.

The Tests during this year’s Six Nations Championship showed that the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff was by far the loudest ground in the competition with Twickenham trailing at third, behind the Aviva Stadium in Dublin. The highest average decibel level for a ground during the Six Nations Championship was 92dB at the Millennium Stadium in February for the Wales versus England clash. The highest level reached at any time during the Six Nations was 101dB with the roar at full time when Ireland beat France at the Aviva on 14th February.

After finding out that the reading just before kick-off from the England versus Wales match at Twickenham last Saturday was just 84dB, Netbet, an online bookmaker, is trying to do something about it. Armed with a big bus and their own mini-army they will be handing out megaphones around Twickenham ahead of the crunch battle with the Wallabies on Saturday and they have their own Master of Ceremonies in Greg Scott, who will be firing the fans up and making sure they are in good harmony before they enter the ground.

“Manchester United fans at Old Trafford typically measure 83dB and we think it will be easy to break this figure,” said Master of Ceremonies Greg Scott. ”Our aim is to break the rugby union record of 101dB set at full time of the Ireland v France match during the Six Nations. A lion’s roar is typically registered at 114dB – the noise of up to 82,000 lions in the Twickenham cauldron should get the decibels into three figures.”