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AFL grand final 2026

The Age

26 Sept 2026 18:11 AEST Summary

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From the report

The big moments, the celebrations, the heartbreak and all the news and analysis from the MCG.

This is a summary. The indicators are not. The scores were measured over this summary alone, which is less of the article than we would like and makes them less certain.

Indicators

Niral Score 10 mundaneloaded

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No word appears twice.

Sentiment +0.1 hostilefavourable Sourcing 56 unattributednamed sources Mood 71.3 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

Measurements of how this article is written, not of whether it is correct. How each one is measured.

Measured on The Age’s report as filed, which is all we may publish of this one.

How outlets headlined it

Each outlet's own headline. ~~Struck through~~: the loaded words our version leaves out. Plainest first.

The Age AFL grand final 2026 plain
SBS News 2026 AFL Grand Final: When is it, who's playing and how to watch plain
ABC News (Sport) Talking points, teams and times for today's AFL grand final plain
The Age AFL Grand Final 2026 plain
ABC News (Sport) In the greatest and cruellest of grand finals, only the Lions believed plain

How each outlet filed it

Also covered by The Age, Brisbane Times, The Sydney Morning Herald. We hold only their summary of it, not the report, so there is nothing of theirs to measure here.

Outlet	Niral Score	Adjectives	Sourcing	Sentiment	Gender	Happiness
The Ageas they published this story	10	1	56	0.1	0	71.3
SBS News	8.9	6	26	-0.2	3.4	39.8
ABC News (Sport)	9.7	0	0	-0.1	0	57.2
ABC News (Sport)	27.2	34	0	-0.5	0	26.8

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The same event elsewhere

8 other outlets filed this story. The scoreboard above is what they did differently.

SBS News 2026 AFL Grand Final: When is it, who's playing and how to watch Niral 8.9 political 0 ABC News (Sport) Talking points, teams and times for today's AFL grand final Niral 9.7 political 0 The Age AFL Grand Final 2026 Niral 3.1 political 0 Brisbane Times AFL Grand Final 2026 Niral 3.1 political 0 The Sydney Morning Herald AFL Grand Final 2026 Niral 3.1 political 0 The Sydney Morning Herald AFL grand final 2026 Niral 10 political 0 Brisbane Times AFL grand final 2026 Niral 10 political 0 ABC News (Sport) In the greatest and cruellest of grand finals, only the Lions believed Niral 27.2 political 0