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DCE ready for last-ever NRL grand final appearance

WAtoday

25 Sept 2026 22:12 AEST Summary

From the report

Daly Cherry-Evans reflects on his journey to the NRL grand final this season as he prepares to play one last game for the Roosters.

**Not from this story.** A library photograph of rugby match stadium, used to illustrate it. diversity istolethetv / flickr, CC BY

**Not from this story.** A library photograph of rugby match stadium, used to illustrate it. diversity istolethetv / flickr, CC BY

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Indicators

Niral Score 4.1 mundaneloaded

None in this text. Words that carry a fact and quoted words are not counted.

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Sourcing 42 unattributednamed sources Mood 50 sorrowjoyful

6 read zero: sentiment, political diction, generational, gender, jingoistic, religious

Sentiment 0 hostilefavourable 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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WAtoday DCE ready for last-ever NRL grand final appearance plain
The Age Nawaqanitawase-inspired Roosters into grand final after dominating Dolphins plain
The Sydney Morning Herald Collins crashes over as Roosters eye grand final plain

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

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WAtodayas they published this story	4.1

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The Age Nawaqanitawase-inspired Roosters into grand final after dominating Dolphins Niral 4.1 political 0 The Sydney Morning Herald Nawaqanitawase-inspired Roosters into grand final after dominating Dolphins Niral 4.1 political 0 WAtoday Nawaqanitawase-inspired Roosters into grand final after dominating Dolphins Niral 4.1 political 0 Brisbane Times Nawaqanitawase-inspired Roosters into grand final after dominating Dolphins Niral 4.1 political 0 The Sydney Morning Herald Collins crashes over as Roosters eye grand final Niral 4.3 political 0 WAtoday Collins crashes over as Roosters eye grand final Niral 4.3 political 0 Brisbane Times DCE ready for last-ever NRL grand final appearance Niral 4.1 political 0 Brisbane Times Collins crashes over as Roosters eye grand final Niral 4.3 political 0