Sport / Sydney, NSW

Sydney Roosters blow away Brisbane Broncos to claim third NRLW premiership

The Guardian Australia (Sport) Jack Snape at Accor Stadium

4 Oct 2026 17:38 AEDT Summary

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From the report

This season was the best the competition has seen.

How outlets headlined it

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

The Guardian Australia (Sport) Sydney Roosters blow away Brisbane Broncos to claim third NRLW premiership plain
ABC News (Sport) NRL and NRLW grand final day has arrived. Here's what you need to know plain
The Guardian Australia (Sport) Dominant Sydney Roosters blitz Brisbane Broncos in NRLW grand final – live reaction plain
SBS News Roosters wallop defending premiers Broncos 30-6 in NRLW grand final plain
WAtoday NRLW Highlights: Roosters v Broncos - Grand Final plain
WAtoday Redemption for Roosters in equal biggest NRLW grand final victory plain

Headline check

All three things this headline claims are in the report.

Figures, names and quoted words in the headline, looked for in the report itself — not in the summary above. How this is checked

This is a summary. The indicators are not. Every score on this page was measured over the full 774-word report, which is the only way the numbers mean anything.

How it is written

Niral Score 17.9 · mostly calm mundaneloaded

10 more readings adjectives, repeated words, sentiment, jingoistic and 2 more and 4 at zero

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

season6found5field4game4half4another3ball3final3player3put3score3third3try3winger3afternoon2back2behind2bomb2captain2completed2end2error2forced2fullback2kick2later2medal2minutes2opposite2premiership2quickly2run2second2set2seven2side2stages2victory2won2

Sentiment +0.0 hostilefavourable Jingoistic 1.3 reports to a readerwrites from a camp Sourcing 9 unattributednamed sources Mood 60 sorrowjoyful

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

Political diction 0 left-codedright-coded Generational 0 harder on the oldharder on the young Gender 0 no gendered framingframing throughout Religious 0 not invokedovert

How the article is written, not whether it is correct. How each is measured.

Measured on The Guardian Australia (Sport)’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
The Guardian Australia (Sport)as they published this story	17.9	17	9	0.0	60
ABC News (Sport)	13.1	7	2	0.1	55.2
The Guardian Australia (Sport)	14.8	6	1	-0.0	51.8
SBS News	24.1	19	0	-0.5	36.8

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The same event elsewhere

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

ABC News (Sport) NRL and NRLW grand final day has arrived. Here's what you need to know Niral 13.1 · mostly calm political 0 The Guardian Australia (Sport) Dominant Sydney Roosters blitz Brisbane Broncos in NRLW grand final – live reaction Niral 14.8 · mostly calm political 0 SBS News Roosters wallop defending premiers Broncos 30-6 in NRLW grand final Niral 24.1 · 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 10.5 · 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