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The five moments which mattered in Fremantle Dockers preliminary final win against Sydney Swans

The West Australian Mitchell Woodcock

18 Sept 2026 22:27 AEST Summary

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From the report

Fremantle booked a place in their second-ever grand final with a 12-point victory against Sydney at the SCG on Friday night. Here are the five moments which mattered in the triumph.

Headline as published: The five moments which mattered in Fremantle Dockers incredible preliminary final win against Sydney Swans

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 18.1 mundaneloaded

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

final2five2mattered2moments2

Sentiment +0.8 hostilefavourable Jingoistic 3.5 reports to a readerwrites from a camp Sourcing 28 unattributednamed sources Mood 55.2 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

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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 AFL Finals: Fremantle Dockers fans pack out Sydney pub despite Swans fans sabotage plain
The West Australian Fremantle Dockers choose to stick to routine on SCG as they prepare for preliminary final against Sydney Swans plain
The Guardian Australia (Sport) Sydney Swans v Fremantle Dockers: AFL preliminary final – live plain
The West Australian Three-word analysis of every Fremantle Dockers player in preliminary final win over Sydney plain
The West Australian Fremantle Dockers star Caleb Serong reveals pride in brother Jai after beating Sydney on preliminary final plain
The West Australian Glen Quartermain: Fremantle Dockers win the moments that count in an epic final term against Sydney plain
The West Australian Sydney Swans coach Dean Cox heads into change rooms to congratulate Fremantle after preliminary final victory plain
The West Australian Ryan Daniels: Fremantle’s preliminary final victory over Sydney typifies these Dockers plain
The West Australian The five moments which mattered in Fremantle Dockers ~~incredible~~ preliminary final win against Sydney Swans 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	Happiness
The West Australianas they published this story	18.1	1	28	0.8	55.2
The Guardian Australia (Sport)	19.8	32	1	0.1	58.1

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The same event elsewhere

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The West Australian AFL Finals: Fremantle Dockers fans pack out Sydney pub despite Swans fans sabotage Niral 5.1 political 0 The West Australian Fremantle Dockers choose to stick to routine on SCG as they prepare for preliminary final against Sydney Swans Niral 4.6 political 0 The Guardian Australia (Sport) Sydney Swans v Fremantle Dockers: AFL preliminary final – live Niral 19.8 political 0 The West Australian Three-word analysis of every Fremantle Dockers player in preliminary final win over Sydney Niral 5 political 0 The West Australian Fremantle Dockers star Caleb Serong reveals pride in brother Jai after beating Sydney on preliminary final Niral 5.5 political 0 The West Australian Glen Quartermain: Fremantle Dockers win the moments that count in an epic final term against Sydney Niral 11 political 0 The West Australian Sydney Swans coach Dean Cox heads into change rooms to congratulate Fremantle after preliminary final victory Niral 8.5 political 0 The West Australian Ryan Daniels: Fremantle’s preliminary final victory over Sydney typifies these Dockers Niral 22.2 political 0