Sport / Adelaide, SA

Wharfie Time must go the way of the power stance, the Batmobile and Meatloaf

The Age Michael Gleeson

27 Sept 2026 19:30 AEST Opinion An argument, written to persuade. Summary

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Not since Adelaide players lined up like Crowbots before the 2017 grand final has a gimmick gone so disastrously wrong.

**Not from this story.** A library photograph of australian sports stadium, used to illustrate it. AFL - Kangaroos vs Magpies Christian Haugen / flickr, CC BY

**Not from this story.** A library photograph of australian sports stadium, used to illustrate it. AFL - Kangaroos vs Magpies Christian Haugen / flickr, CC BY

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Niral Score 4.6 mundaneloaded

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6 read zero: sentiment, political diction, generational, gender, jingoistic, religious

Sentiment 0 hostilefavourable 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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WAtoday Wharfie Time must go the way of the power stance, the Batmobile and Meatloaf Niral 4.6 political 0 The Sydney Morning Herald Wharfie Time must go the way of the power stance, the Batmobile and Meatloaf Niral 4.6 political 0 Brisbane Times Wharfie Time must go the way of the power stance, the Batmobile and Meatloaf Niral 4.6 political 0