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Fremantle Dockers forward Pat Voss’ record at the MCG makes him the danger man during AFL grand final

The West Australian Craig O'Donoghue

25 Sept 2026 17:10 AEST Summary

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From the report

Pat Voss has an epic recent record at the MCG and if he maintains that form, he will have a day out against Brisbane in the AFL grand final.

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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 15.6 mundaneloaded

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final2grand2record2

Sentiment -0.1 hostilefavourable Sourcing 65 unattributednamed sources Mood 57 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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Measured on The West Australian’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 West Australian Fremantle Dockers forward Pat Voss’ record at the MCG makes him the danger man during AFL grand final plain
The West Australian AFL grand final: Purple Army take over Melbourne as Fremantle Dockers fans flood parade and MCG training plain
ABC News Dockers fans to marry outside MCG during AFL grand final plain
The West Australian AFL grand final: Fremantle Dockers in spirited training run at MCG in front of ~~massive~~ large Purple Army crowd 1 change

How each outlet filed it

Also covered by 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	Gender	Happiness
The West Australianas they published this story	15.6	2	65	-0.1	0	57
ABC News	6	4	69	-0.2	3.5	79.5

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The same event elsewhere

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The West Australian AFL grand final: Purple Army take over Melbourne as Fremantle Dockers fans flood parade and MCG training Niral 16.8 political 0 The West Australian AFL grand final: Fremantle Dockers in spirited training run at MCG in front of large Purple Army crowd Niral 15.4 political 0 ABC News Dockers fans to marry outside MCG during AFL grand final Niral 6 political 0