Sport / Fremantle, WA

‘He makes us all walk taller’: McDonald happy to be Curnow’s support act

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16 Sept 2026 15:30 AEST Summary

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Swans coach Dean Cox must decide whether to retain forward Hayden McLean or opt for Joel Amartey, who has recovered from a partial Achilles tendon tear.

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Niral Score 8 · calm mundaneloaded

10 more readings adjectives, repeated words, sentiment, sourcing and 1 more and 5 at zero

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final5forward5helped5best4club4good4obviously4going3got3qualifying3we’re3ability2act2back2better2didn’t2ever2fellow2field2forwards2full2goals2happy2haven’t2injury2items2kicked2lot2makes2preliminary2probably2saved2season2seen2sit2six2support2taller2team2think2victory2walk2

Sentiment +0.5 hostilefavourable Sourcing 68 unattributednamed sources Mood 73 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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Outlet	Niral Score	Adjectives	Sourcing	Sentiment	Happiness
WAtodayas they published this story	8	8	68	0.5	73
The Age	8	8	68	0.5	73

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The same event elsewhere

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The Sydney Morning Herald ‘He makes us all walk taller’: McDonald happy to be Curnow’s support act Niral 8.3 · calm political 0 The Age ‘He makes us all walk taller’: McDonald happy to be Curnow’s support act Niral 8 · calm political 0 Brisbane Times ‘He makes us all walk taller’: McDonald happy to be Curnow’s support act Niral 8.3 · calm political 0