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Fallout with star leaves NRL with no pre-game entertainment for grand final

Brisbane Times Chris Barrett

22 Sept 2026 14:49 AEST Summary

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The AFL secured Kylie Minogue for its decider, but the NRL won’t have a big-name artist at all after negotiations with Australian singer Tones and I fell over.

**Not from this story.** A library photograph of rugby match stadium, used to illustrate it. Fernando Torres. Super hero. El Niño Mat Jam / flickr, CC BY

**Not from this story.** A library photograph of rugby match stadium, used to illustrate it. Fernando Torres. Super hero. El Niño Mat Jam / flickr, CC BY

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Niral Score 4.1 mundaneloaded

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Sentiment -0.1 hostilefavourable Sourcing 42 unattributednamed sources Mood 50 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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WAtoday Fallout with star leaves NRL with no pre-game entertainment for grand final Niral 4.1 political 0 The Age Fallout with star leaves NRL with no pre-game entertainment for grand final Niral 4.1 political 0 The Sydney Morning Herald Fallout with star leaves NRL with no pre-game entertainment for grand final Niral 4.1 political 0