Soccer star says ‘boyish’ rugby league players should stop celebrating victories with a team song because it sounds like they’re ‘singing for an under-11 team’
- Rugby league star says team songs are childish
- Kyle Amor says teams should stop singing
- Star says the players look like an under-11 team
Rugby league star Kyle Amor is no stranger to winning matches but believes the team’s celebratory songs performed afterwards are “childish” and should be removed.
Amor, a four-time Irish Super League champion and former prop man for St Helens and Warrington Wolves, has spoken about his least favorite thing about the game, with the team song high on his list.
He lifted the lid on what always bothered him about rugby league and should be moved ‘to the bench’ and out of the sport in an appearance on The Bench podcast.
‘My ‘on the bench’ would be the team’s victory song’, I hate it. I hate that,’ he said.
Podcast host Jon Wilkin, a former St Helens star, agreed with Love.
Irish international rugby league legend Kyle Amor (pictured right) is no stranger to winning matches, but believes the team’s celebratory songs performed afterwards are “childish”.
Amor says he has hated celebrating the team’s songs for years and that the grown men behave like ‘an under 11 team’ when they perform them (Pictured, Penrith NRL stars sing after a win)
Amor continued: “You have a group of grown men and someone bangs on a metal container and they bang and sing like an under-11 team.
“I just hate it, I sit there and play something on the side like you’re involved. I’ve hated it for years and haven’t really brought it up, so I’m glad we brought it up.
‘If any of my teammates at Widnes see me not joining then now they know why.
“I like winning, but I find the song very childish, and then everyone goes ‘wooo’ at the end.”
Amor may hate singing the team song after a win, but other players and coaches think it’s a crucial part of the team’s identity and bond.
NRL Super Coach Wayne Bennett recently revealed the origin and significance of the Dolphins song, which the team had the chance to sing after their impressive win over the Roosters in their opening NRL game.
“We went to pre-season camp for three or four days and I told them, ‘We don’t have a team song,'” Bennett told reporters after the win.
‘And a couple of hours later, the senior players led by these guys, (Felise) Kaufusi, he (Jesse) and his brother (Kenneath), had a great song.
NRL icon Wayne Bennett recently revealed the origin and significance of the Dolphins’ song, which the team had the chance to sing after their impressive win over the Roosters in their opening NRL game.
We’ve sung it 10 or 12 times in things we’ve done.
“It’s a tremendous theme song, it’s a real credit to them, it’s theirs and they own it, we had one today and we sang it. It was great.’