{"id":460923,"date":"2026-02-05T22:00:11","date_gmt":"2026-02-05T22:00:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/460923\/"},"modified":"2026-02-05T22:00:11","modified_gmt":"2026-02-05T22:00:11","slug":"san-francisco-49ers-announced-as-la-rams-opponent-for-nfl-clash-at-the-mcg","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/460923\/","title":{"rendered":"San Francisco 49ers announced as LA Rams\u2019 opponent for NFL clash at the MCG"},"content":{"rendered":"

The San Francisco 49ers will be the team facing the division-rival Los Angeles Rams in the first regular-season NFL game in Australia next season, the league said Thursday.<\/p>\n

The league had announced last year that it will be playing a game in 2026 in Melbourne at the\u00a0 MCG. <\/a><\/p>\n

The Rams were announced last year as the home team for that game, part of a multi-year commitment to play in Melbourne.<\/p>\n

\"Kobie<\/p>\n

Kobie Turner pressures San Francisco quarterback Mac Jones.Credit: Los Angeles Rams<\/p>\n

The NFL will play a record nine international games next season.<\/p>\n

The league has confirmed three games in London and one each in Mexico City, Rio de Janeiro, Munich, Madrid and Paris.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs we continue our preparations for the NFL\u2019s first-ever regular season game at the MCG in Melbourne, we are delighted that the San Francisco 49ers will take on the Los Angeles Rams,\u201d NFL Australia & New Zealand general manager Charlotte Offord said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe 49ers are a popular franchise within the Australian market, and this rivalry game solidifies what we know is going to be an incredible NFL experience for our fans down under.\u201d <\/p>\n

The date and kickoff time will be announced later, but the match is likely to be played in early September in a mid-morning timeslot to suit US television audiences<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Rams have had marketing rights in Australia since the NFL started its international marketing program in 2022.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The San Francisco 49ers will be the team facing the division-rival Los Angeles Rams in the first regular-season…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":460924,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[559],"tags":[64,63,593,85],"class_list":["post-460923","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-nfl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/460923","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=460923"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/460923\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/460924"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=460923"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=460923"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=460923"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}