Sport / Fremantle, WA

Fremantle Dockers president Chris Sutherland guarantees Wharfie Time’s future after AFL grand final loss

The West Australian Craig O’Donoghue, Glen Quartermain and Sophie Gannon

27 Sept 2026 21:00 AEST Summary

From the report

Fremantle president Chris Sutherland has made it clear that Wharfie Time won’t be thrown in the trash following the grand final loss to Brisbane, as debate about its use and future prospects are raging.

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Niral Score 9 mundaneloaded

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Sentiment -0.2 hostilefavourable Sourcing 42 unattributednamed sources Mood 50 sorrowjoyful

5 read zero: political diction, generational, gender, jingoistic, religious

Political diction 0 left-codedright-coded Generational 0 harder on the oldharder on the young Gender 0 no gendered framingframing throughout Jingoistic 0 reports to a readerwrites from a camp Religious 0 not invokedovert

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The West Australian Fremantle Dockers president Chris Sutherland guarantees Wharfie Time’s future after AFL grand final loss plain
The West Australian Jackson Barrett: Fremantle Dockers’ use of Wharfie Time in grand final should be death knell plain
The West Australian Fremantle boss Joe Brierty says Wharfie Time will live on despite Dockers’ grand final ~~meltdown~~decline 1 change

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The West Australianas they published this story	9

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The West Australian Fremantle boss Joe Brierty says Wharfie Time will live on despite Dockers’ grand final decline Niral 25.3 political 0 The West Australian Jackson Barrett: Fremantle Dockers’ use of Wharfie Time in grand final should be death knell Niral 14.8 political 0