Netflix is sending a Motley Crew of personalities Down Under for the first regular-season NFL game ever played in Australia.<\/p>\n
The streamer revealed its full broadcast team for the 49ers-Rams matchup at the Melbourne Cricket Ground, with Elle Duncan hosting studio coverage alongside desk analysts Michael Irvin, Nick Foles and Clay Matthews III, while Noah Eagle calls play-by-play with Luke Kuechly as his analyst and MJ Acosta reporting from the sideline. The game airs Thursday, Sept. 10 at 8:35 p.m. ET, kicking off Netflix\u2019s expanded five-game NFL slate.<\/p>\n
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49ers vs. Rams. LIVE on Netflix September 10 at 8:35 PM ET \/ 5:35 PM PT. pic.twitter.com\/P0T0LO79ds<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Netflix Sports (@netflixsports) August 3, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n Netflix expanded its NFL footprint<\/a> from two games to five for the upcoming season, and Duncan, the face of the streamer\u2019s fledgling sports division, told Sports Media Watch that Netflix intends to run a consistent crew across that entire slate.<\/p>\n \u201cWe want every single one of our events to, yes, have a through-line and some consistency, and you\u2019ll get that with the desk and the talent,\u201d Duncan said<\/a>.<\/p>\n Irvin, who already has Netflix experience, having worked the desk during last season\u2019s Christmas Day doubleheader alongside Devin McCourty and Austin Ekeler, is the closest thing this lineup has to a returning face. Foles and Matthews are both making their Netflix debuts. Foles won Super Bowl LII MVP with the Eagles during an 11-season career across six teams, but has no real broadcasting track record beyond his own The SZN podcast, which recently joined<\/a> NBC Sports Philadelphia\u2019s podcast network. Matthews, a longtime Green Bay Packers linebacker and Super Bowl champion, has built what media presence he has the same way, joining Bussin\u2019 With The Boys last year<\/a> as its self-described \u201cconsistent fourth chair\u201d alongside Will Compton, Taylor Lewan and Delanie Walker, after FanDuel lured the show away from Barstool Sports.<\/p>\n Kuechly, a Panthers legend entering the Hall of Fame this year, beat out a competitive field for the No. 1 analyst job<\/a>, according to The Athletic\u2019s Andrew Marchand<\/a>, auditioning alongside Eagle himself earlier in July before winning the role outright. Front Office Sports previously reported<\/a> Eagle would call the Melbourne game specifically<\/a>, with NBC producing the broadcast in place of CBS, which had handled Netflix\u2019s NFL coverage in prior seasons.<\/p>\n MJ Acosta-Ruiz rounds out the crew. She\u2019s worked as a sideline reporter on ESPN Deportes\u2019 Spanish-language Monday Night Football coverage since 2024, and outside of game duties, she\u2019s also hosted for NBA TV and anchored programming on NFL Network.<\/p>\n Netflix\u2019s past two Christmas Day doubleheaders leaned on a rotating mix of talent pulled from other networks, and that supply has only constricted since. ESPN and Fox reportedly declined to release their own talent for Netflix\u2019s broadcast<\/a> last year, leaving the streamer to lean primarily on NFL Network and CBS personnel, a well that\u2019s since run dry now that NFL Network sits under the ESPN umbrella.<\/p>\n This is the crew Duncan says Netflix is building around for the rest of the season, not just Melbourne.<\/p>\n \t