Sport / Queensland

Roosters wallop defending premiers Broncos 30-6 in NRLW grand final

SBS News

4 Oct 2026 17:49 AEDT Summary

From the report

Sydney Roosters have given retiring legends Corban Baxter and Millie Elliott the send-off and exacted the ultimate revenge on Brisbane with a 30-6 thrashing of the defending premiers.

How outlets headlined it

Each outlet's own headline. ~~Struck through~~: the loaded words our version leaves out. Plainest first.

SBS News Roosters wallop defending premiers Broncos 30-6 in NRLW grand final plain
The Guardian Australia (Sport) Dominant Sydney Roosters blitz Brisbane Broncos in NRLW grand final – live reaction plain
WAtoday NRLW Highlights: Roosters v Broncos - Grand Final plain
WAtoday Redemption for Roosters in equal biggest NRLW grand final victory plain
The Guardian Australia (Sport) Sydney Roosters blow away Brisbane Broncos to claim third NRLW premiership plain

Headline check

All four things this headline claims are in the report.

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How it is written

Niral Score 24.1 · mostly calm mundaneloaded

10 more readings adjectives, repeated words, sentiment, mood and 6 at zero

Highlighted in the text. Words that carry a fact and quoted words are not counted.

aiken6decider6final4try4grand3defending2five2halftime2kick2late2match2opening2premiers2premiership2prop2retiring2score2scored2side2winger2won2

Sentiment -0.5 hostilefavourable Mood 36.8 sorrowjoyful

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

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 Sourcing 0 unattributednamed sources

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Measured on SBS News’s report as filed, which is all we may publish of this one.

How each outlet filed it

Also covered by WAtoday, Brisbane Times, The Sydney Morning Herald. 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
SBS Newsas they published this story	24.1	19	0	-0.5	36.8
The Guardian Australia (Sport)	14.8	6	1	-0.0	51.8
The Guardian Australia (Sport)	17.9	17	9	0.0	60

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The same event elsewhere

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

The Guardian Australia (Sport) Dominant Sydney Roosters blitz Brisbane Broncos in NRLW grand final – live reaction Niral 14.8 · mostly calm political 0 WAtoday NRLW Highlights: Roosters v Broncos - Grand Final Niral 4.1 · calm political 0 WAtoday Redemption for Roosters in equal biggest NRLW grand final victory Niral 16.5 · mostly calm political 0 Brisbane Times NRLW Highlights: Roosters v Broncos - Grand Final Niral 4.1 · calm political 0 Brisbane Times Redemption for Roosters in equal biggest NRLW grand final victory Niral 10.5 · mostly calm political 0 The Sydney Morning Herald NRLW Highlights: Roosters v Broncos - Grand Final Niral 4.1 · calm political 0 The Sydney Morning Herald Redemption for Roosters in equal biggest NRLW grand final victory Niral 10.5 · mostly calm political 0 The Guardian Australia (Sport) Sydney Roosters blow away Brisbane Broncos to claim third NRLW premiership Niral 17.9 · mostly calm political 0