{"id":49806,"date":"2013-07-07T19:21:43","date_gmt":"2013-07-07T18:21:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/?p=49806"},"modified":"2024-06-18T20:35:12","modified_gmt":"2024-06-18T19:35:12","slug":"lions-fans-reach-110-decibels-singing-winning-the-microsoft-hole-in-the-world-challenge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/lions-fans-reach-110-decibels-singing-winning-the-microsoft-hole-in-the-world-challenge\/","title":{"rendered":"Lions Fans Reach 110 Decibels Singing &#038; Winning The Microsoft Hole In The World Challenge!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On Saturday 27 June, Microsoft brought a great sporting rivalry to a bitter end when rugby legend and ex-Wallaby captain Michael Lynagh was forced to don a British and Irish Lions Jersey in Federation Square, Melbourne.<\/p>\n<p>The public humiliation, was a forfeit for losing the three day challenge that tested the support and devotion of Australian fans against Lions supporters.<\/p>\n<p>Peering down the eight-foot wide Hole in the World to witness the toe-curling action was ex-Lion and Former Welsh captain Martyn Williams, who celebrated after leading Lions fans to victory in Queen St, Cardiff.<\/p>\n<p>The challenges included a rugby themed breakdance performance and a good old fashioned sing-off between British and Aussie fans, with the loudest supporters bagging the win.<\/p>\n<p>The three-day challenges saw Britain &#038; Ireland win the breakdancing on the first day, and in a Twitter quiz to judge fans\u2019 rugby knowledge on the second day.<\/p>\n<p>But ultimate glory was seized after Lions fans sang with pride on Tuesday and reached a tinnitus-inducing 110 decibels in Cardiff drowning out the meeker Wallabies effort which notched up just 105 decibels.<\/p>\n<p>Fans at the Hole in the World Melbourne site were also treated to a live performance by Welsh band, Manic Street Preachers who were there to celebrate the end of the challenges.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"480\" height=\"270\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight='0' scrolling=\"no\" src=\"http:\/\/hub.video.msn.com\/embed\/30a39c0d-5e83-44eb-89b3-93dd93436a85\/?vars=bGlua292ZXJyaWRlMj1odHRwJTNBJTJGJTJGc3BvcnQudWsubXNuLmNvbSUyRnZpZGVvLWNsaXBzJTJGcHJlbWllci1sZWFndWUtcHJlZGljdGlvbnMuYXNweCUzRnZpZGVvaWQlM0QlN0IwJTdEJmZyPXNoYXJlZW1iZWQtc3luZGljYXRpb24mc3luZGljYXRpb249dGFnJmNvbmZpZ0NzaWQ9TVNOVmlkZW8mbWt0PWVuLWdiJmxpbmtiYWNrPWh0dHAlM0ElMkYlMkZzcG9ydC51ay5tc24uY29tJTJGdmlkZW8tY2xpcHMmY29uZmlnTmFtZT1zeW5kaWNhdGlvbnBsYXllcg%3D%3D\"><\/p>\n<p>  Video: Hole in the World<\/p>\n<p><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Saturday 27 June, Microsoft brought a great sporting rivalry to a bitter end when rugby legend and ex-Wallaby captain Michael Lynagh was forced to don a British and Irish Lions Jersey in Federation Square, Melbourne. The public humiliation, was a forfeit for losing the three day challenge that tested the support and devotion of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10588],"tags":[12472,7893,12471,3959,5670],"class_list":["post-49806","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-lions-rugby-2","tag-hole","tag-lions","tag-microsoft","tag-rugby","tag-world"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49806","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=49806"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49806\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":683491,"href":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49806\/revisions\/683491"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49806"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=49806"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=49806"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}