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  "id": 7963993,
  "title": "Lions sweat on defender’s fitness test; Plugger’s first words after preliminary final heroics",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/17/lions-sweat-on-defenders-fitness-test-pluggers-first-words-after-7963993",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-09-17T05:38:11.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Age",
    "slug": "the-age",
    "url": "https://www.theage.com.au/sport/afl/lions-sweat-on-defender-s-fitness-test-plugger-s-first-words-after-preliminary-final-heroics-20260917-p60xn5.html?ref=rss"
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  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Chris Fagan has options for the match-up with Hawks star Nick Watson. Meanwhile, the mayhem that followed Sydney’s historic preliminary final victory over Essendon 30 years ago didn’t exactly make everybody happy.",
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        "outlet": "The Sydney Morning Herald",
        "title": "Lions sweat on defender’s fitness test; Plugger’s first words after preliminary final heroics",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/17/lions-sweat-on-defenders-fitness-test-pluggers-first-words-after",
        "published": "2026-09-17T05:38:11.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}