Confidence missing: Murphy Reid urged to watch himself ahead of big dance

WAtoday Justin Chadwick, Shayne Hope

22 Sept 2026 13:59 AEST Summary

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The 20-year-old has tried to maintain his lofty heights in the cauldron of finals football, with uncharacteristic errors and double guessing proving costly in recent weeks.

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The 20-year-old has attempted to maintain his lofty heights in the cauldron of finals football, with uncharacteristic errors and double guessing proving costly in recent weeks.

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Niral Score 17.5 mundaneloaded

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Sentiment +0.3 hostilefavourable Sourcing 71 unattributednamed sources Mood 43.9 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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The West Australian Confidence missing: Murphy Reid told to watch himself plain

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WAtodayas they published this story	17.5

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The West Australian Confidence missing: Murphy Reid told to watch himself Niral 1.8 political 0 The Age Confidence missing: Murphy Reid urged to watch himself ahead of big dance Niral 17.5 political 0 The Sydney Morning Herald Confidence missing: Murphy Reid urged to watch himself ahead of big dance Niral 17.5 political 0 Brisbane Times Confidence missing: Murphy Reid urged to watch himself ahead of big dance Niral 17.5 political 0