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Friday night’s semi-final victory over Geelong was the perfect farewell to Optus Stadium in season 2026.

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This is a stored Optics snapshot.It preserves the source map and wording analysis from 9/14/2026, 1:56:40 AM.

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What happenedFriday night’s semi-final victory over Geelong was the perfect farewell to Optus Stadium in season 2026.

What changedThe headlines are mostly aligned. The differences are small wording choices, not a major framing split.

ConfidenceLow. Two-source or narrow-bucket comparison.

Archive healthDeveloping · 2 sources · 2 buckets

WORDING GAP

0WORDING GAP

2 sources · 2 bias buckets · Low confidence

Mostly same. The outlets agree on the core event. The headlines are mostly aligned. The differences are small wording choices, not a major framing split.

SOURCE MAP TIMELINE

Sep 14, 12:46 AM: The Sydney Morning Herald joined the source map.

Sep 14, 12:46 AM: The Age (Australia) joined the source map.

Now: Wording Gap is 0/99 and story health is developing · 2 sources · 2 buckets.

ARCHIVED SOURCES

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The Sydney Morning Herald30m ago