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Sports psychologist Shayne Hanks’ advice for Fremantle Dockers after grand final loss to Brisbane Lions

The West Australian Craig O'Donoghue

28 Sept 2026 21:00 AEST Summary

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From the report

Fremantle have been through instability in recent days following their grand final loss to Brisbane but a prominent sports psychologist believes there is way forward for the players.

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**Not from this story.** A library photograph of australian rules football match, used to illustrate it. Melbourne, Australia betsyweber / flickr, CC BY

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 30.8 mundaneloaded

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final2grand2loss2psychologist2sports2

Sentiment -0.7 hostilefavourable Gender 11.9 no gendered framingframing throughout Sourcing 42 unattributednamed sources Mood 50 sorrowjoyful

4 read zero: political diction, generational, jingoistic, religious

Political diction 0 left-codedright-coded Generational 0 harder on the oldharder on the young Jingoistic 0 reports to a readerwrites from a camp Religious 0 not invokedovert

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How outlets headlined it

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

The West Australian Sports psychologist Shayne Hanks’ advice for Fremantle Dockers after grand final loss to Brisbane Lions plain
SBS News Brisbane lions win AFL Grand Final in nail-biting finish against Fremantle Dockers plain
The West Australian Retiring Fremantle Dockers forward Sam Switkowski leads player tributes to club’s fans after grand final loss plain
The West Australian Fremantle Dockers players spotted at Irish pub Mons O’Shea after grand final loss to Brisbane plain
The West Australian How Fremantle Dockers could get younger in 2027 season after loss to Brisbane in grand final plain
The West Australian Fremantle Docker Matthew Johnson says pain of AFL grand final loss to Brisbane Lions will never go away plain
The West Australian Fremantle Dockers players pay tribute to each other, fans after shattering grand final loss plain
The West Australian Fremantle Dockers can take hope from Brisbane Lions three-peat coming after ~~brutal~~ grand final loss 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	30.8	3	42	-0.7	11.9	50
SBS News	13.3	10	1	0.1	0	57.5

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SBS News Brisbane lions win AFL Grand Final in nail-biting finish against Fremantle Dockers Niral 13.3 political 0 The West Australian Retiring Fremantle Dockers forward Sam Switkowski leads player tributes to club’s fans after grand final loss Niral 20.4 political 0 The West Australian Fremantle Dockers players spotted at Irish pub Mons O’Shea after grand final loss to Brisbane Niral 4.8 political 0 The West Australian How Fremantle Dockers could get younger in 2027 season after loss to Brisbane in grand final Niral 6.1 political 0 The West Australian Fremantle Dockers can take hope from Brisbane Lions three-peat coming after grand final loss Niral 36.9 political 0 The West Australian Fremantle Docker Matthew Johnson says pain of AFL grand final loss to Brisbane Lions will never go away Niral 2.9 political 0 The West Australian Fremantle Dockers players pay tribute to each other, fans after shattering grand final loss Niral 17.3 political 0