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Controversial, brutal and freakish: The lapses that cost the Dolphins a fairytale

25 Sept 2026 22:08 AEST Summary

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There were moments of controversy and brilliance. But the Dolphins can only blame themselves for their dream run coming to an end.

Headline as published: Controversial, brutal and utterly freakish: The lapses that cost the Dolphins a fairytale

**Not from this story.** A library photograph of australian sports stadium, used to illustrate it. AFL - Kangaroos vs Magpies Christian Haugen / flickr, CC BY

**Not from this story.** A library photograph of australian sports stadium, used to illustrate it. AFL - Kangaroos vs Magpies Christian Haugen / flickr, CC BY

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Niral Score 37.8 mundaneloaded

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Sentiment -1.1 hostilefavourable Sourcing 28 unattributednamed sources Mood 38.2 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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Also covered by Brisbane Times, The Age, WAtoday. We hold only their summary of it, not the report, so there is nothing of theirs to measure here.

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The Sydney Morning Heraldas they published this story	37.8

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Brisbane Times Controversial, brutal and freakish: The lapses that cost the Dolphins a fairytale Niral 37.8 political 0 The Age Controversial, brutal and freakish: The lapses that cost the Dolphins a fairytale Niral 37.8 political 0 WAtoday Controversial, brutal and freakish: The lapses that cost the Dolphins a fairytale Niral 37.8 political 0