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AFL grand final: Fremantle Dockers in spirited training run at MCG in front of large Purple Army crowd

The West Australian Craig O'Donoghue

25 Sept 2026 14:36 AEST Summary

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From the report

Fremantle have taken over the MCG for their grand final captain’s run, with locals declaring they have never seen so much support for a non-Victorian team leading into the last Saturday in September.

Headline as published: AFL grand final: Fremantle Dockers in spirited training run at MCG in front of massive Purple Army crowd

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Indicators

Niral Score 15.4 mundaneloaded

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Sentiment -0.0 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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How outlets headlined it

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

The West Australian AFL grand final: Purple Army take over Melbourne as Fremantle Dockers fans flood parade and MCG training plain
ABC News Dockers fans to marry outside MCG during AFL grand final plain
The West Australian Fremantle Dockers forward Pat Voss’ record at the MCG makes him the danger man during AFL grand final plain
The West Australian AFL grand final: Fremantle Dockers in spirited training run at MCG in front of ~~massive~~ large Purple Army crowd 1 change

How each outlet filed it

Also covered by The West Australian. 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 West Australianas they published this story	15.4	2	42	-0.0	0	50
ABC News	6	4	69	-0.2	3.5	79.5

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The same event elsewhere

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The West Australian AFL grand final: Purple Army take over Melbourne as Fremantle Dockers fans flood parade and MCG training Niral 16.8 political 0 ABC News Dockers fans to marry outside MCG during AFL grand final Niral 6 political 0 The West Australian Fremantle Dockers forward Pat Voss’ record at the MCG makes him the danger man during AFL grand final Niral 15.6 political 0