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Aviva Not The Loudest 6 Nations Stadium, But It Did Produce The Loudest Moment

Aviva Not The Loudest 6 Nations Stadium, But It Did Produce The Loudest Moment
Mikey Traynor
By Mikey Traynor
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Ever wondered what the loudest RBS 6 Nations stadium is? Well wonder no more, as the decibel levels have been measured and the results are in.

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Press Association Sport conducted a survey of sound levels during the first two rounds of this year's RBS 6 Nations tournament, and while Dublin's Aviva Stadium could not claim to be the loudest 6 nations stadium on average, it did host the single loudest moment of the survey, as the roar when Wayne Barnes' whistle brought an end to the action as Ireland defeated France registered at 101.0db.

PA reporters recorded LAeq reading, which is the total sound energy over a given period of time, and here are the rankings in full:

#1 - The Millennium Stadium - Cardiff

loudest 6 nations stadium

LAeq summary average - 92.0dB
Highest point LAeq recorded throughout the measurement - 100.0dB after Rhys Webb's try v England.

#2 - The Aviva Stadium - Dublin

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LAeq summary average - 89.8dB
Highest point - 101.0dB at full-time v France.

#3 - Twickenham - London

loudest 6 nations stadium

LAeq summary average - 88.4dB
Highest point - 91.1dB immediately after the national anthems v Italy.

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#4 - Murrayfield - Edinburgh

loudest 6 nations stadium

LAeq summary average - 88.0dB
Highest point - 96.0dB after Stuart Hogg's try v Wales.

#5 - Stadio Olimpico - Rome

loudest 6 nations stadium

LAeq summary average - 86.1dB
Highest point - 92.8dB after Sergio Parisse's disallowed try v Ireland.

#6 - Stade de France - Paris

loudest 6 nations stadium

LAeq summary average - 85.1dB
Highest point - 90.2dB after Lopez's late penalty v Scotland.

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No surprises there regarding the stadium in last place on that ranking, but it is interesting to see that The Millennium Stadium still came out on top despite the roof being open. You would have to imagine the reading would have been even higher were it closed like Warren Gatland wanted.

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