In an early win on grand final week for Fremantle, the AFL has granted them use of Wharfie Time in Saturday\u2019s decider against the Brisbane Lions.<\/p>\n
As revealed by The West Australian on Monday, the Dockers submitted an application to the league for the activation, which includes ACDC\u2019s Hells Bells, to be listed under the same category as songs played on gameday.<\/p>\n
Fremantle will be able to use Wharfie Time, but only after a Fremantle goal, in the same way both teams have freedom to play a goal song.<\/p>\n
But unlike, say, Country Roads for Charlie Cameron goals, Wharfie Time is a one-time use only, meaning the Dockers will have to pick and choose when to use it and on which player.<\/p>\n
Wharfie Time was last activated in Fremantle\u2019s semifinal win over Geelong after Tom Stewart kicked a late goal to cut the margin back to eight points.<\/p>\n
It was only the second time Fremantle have used Wharfie Time this year, but it gained national attention after the Dockers stormed over the top of Hawthorn following its use down the stretch in round nine.<\/p>\n
Earlier in the week, AFL CEO Andrew Dillon said he was keen to balance the Dockers\u2019 request with the notion the MCG is supposed to be a neutral venue.<\/p>\n
\u201cDuring the finals, the home side has been able to have their goal stings and make it like a home game. The grand final is more neutral.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe have two clubs here who\u2019ve got really engaging ways of celebrating goals. If there\u2019s an opportunity for us to do that, then we\u2019ll look at that.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"In an early win on grand final week for Fremantle, the AFL has granted them use of Wharfie…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":902912,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[560],"tags":[638,64,63,55,639,10124,588,85],"class_list":["post-902911","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-afl","tag-afl","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-australian-football-league","tag-australianfootballleague","tag-fremantle-dockers","tag-sport","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/902911","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=902911"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/902911\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/902912"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=902911"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=902911"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=902911"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}