Sport / Fremantle, WA

AFL grand final: Fremantle Dockers training notes, including Brennan Cox, frenzied fans and more

The West Australian Craig O'Donoghue

23 Sept 2026 12:54 AEST Summary

From the report

There was plenty to keep an eye on as Freo underwent their final main training session in WA - in front of 3000 fans - before heading east for the grand final. Here’s what we saw on the track.

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 9.7 mundaneloaded

Highlighted in the text. Words that carry a fact and quoted words are not counted.

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Sentiment -0.5 hostilefavourable Sourcing 63 unattributednamed sources Mood 40 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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Measured on The West Australian’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 West Australian AFL grand final: Fremantle Dockers training notes, including Brennan Cox, frenzied fans and more plain
The Age Fans flock to Dockers’ final home training ahead of grand final clash plain
The West Australian Fremantle Dockers stars hail 3000 fans who turned out for open training session ahead of AFL grand final plain
The West Australian Fremantle Dockers defender Brennan Cox does everything possible to earn selection for AFL grand final plain
The West Australian Freo ~~frenzy!~~ activity! Fans pack out open training to cheer on Fremantle Dockers ahead of grand final 1 change

How this outlet filed it, and how we rewrote it

No other newsroom we read has filed on this event, so there is nothing to compare it with yet.

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

Outlet	Niral Score
The West Australianas they published this story	9.7

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The same event elsewhere

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

The West Australian Freo activity! Fans pack out open training to cheer on Fremantle Dockers ahead of grand final Niral 19.3 political 0 The Age Fans flock to Dockers’ final home training ahead of grand final clash Niral 13.2 political 0 The Sydney Morning Herald Fans flock to Dockers’ final home training ahead of grand final clash Niral 13.2 political 0 Brisbane Times Fans flock to Dockers’ final home training ahead of grand final clash Niral 13.2 political 0 WAtoday Fans flock to Dockers’ final home training ahead of grand final clash Niral 13.2 political 0 The West Australian Fremantle Dockers stars hail 3000 fans who turned out for open training session ahead of AFL grand final Niral 11 political 0 The West Australian Fremantle Dockers defender Brennan Cox does everything possible to earn selection for AFL grand final Niral 13.3 political 0