Sport / Fremantle, WA

Dockers surge into grand final

The Age

18 Sept 2026 22:45 AEST Summary

Sport AFL

From the report

Fremantle complete an insane comeback to break the hearts of the Swans.

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 10.7 mundaneloaded

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No word appears twice.

Sourcing 56 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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Measured on The Age’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 Age Dockers surge into grand final plain
The Guardian Australia (Sport) AFL finals: where the Hawthorn v Brisbane preliminary final will be won and lost | Martin Pegan plain
The Guardian Australia (Sport) Brisbane snatch victory from Hawthorn in all-time classic AFL preliminary final plain
The West Australian AFL Finals: Brisbane Lions to play Fremantle Dockers in grand final plain

How each outlet filed it

Also covered by The Sydney Morning Herald, WAtoday, Brisbane Times, 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	Happiness
The Ageas they published this story	10.7	1	56	0	50
The Guardian Australia (Sport)	17.7	30	0	-0.3	51
The Guardian Australia (Sport)	18	29	0	0	41.3

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The same event elsewhere

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

The Guardian Australia (Sport) AFL finals: where the Hawthorn v Brisbane preliminary final will be won and lost | Martin Pegan Niral 17.7 political 0 The Sydney Morning Herald Dockers surge into grand final Niral 10.7 political 0 WAtoday Dockers surge into grand final Niral 10.7 political 0 Brisbane Times Dockers surge into grand final Niral 10.7 political 0 The Guardian Australia (Sport) Brisbane snatch victory from Hawthorn in all-time classic AFL preliminary final Niral 18 political 0 The West Australian AFL Finals: Brisbane Lions to play Fremantle Dockers in grand final Niral 18.9 political 0