{"id":886480,"date":"2026-09-10T04:16:14","date_gmt":"2026-09-10T04:16:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/886480\/"},"modified":"2026-09-10T04:16:14","modified_gmt":"2026-09-10T04:16:14","slug":"see-the-pics-inside-the-mcg-ahead-of-historic-nfl-clash-between-la-rams-and-san-francisco-49ers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/886480\/","title":{"rendered":"SEE THE PICS: Inside the MCG ahead of historic NFL clash between LA Rams and San Francisco 49ers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"css-1ix6vwn-StyledParagraph e4e0a020\">With under 24 hours to go until the first official NFL match on Australian soil between the LA Rams and San Francisco 49ers, the MCG is roaring and ready to go with the venue being transformed into an American football field for the highly-anticipated clash.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-1ix6vwn-StyledParagraph e4e0a020\">The historic day will include much more than just the match, with a blockbuster pregame and halftime show set to add to the spectacle on Friday morning.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-1ix6vwn-StyledParagraph e4e0a020\">NFL Senior Vice President and Global Head of Major Events and International Games John Barker said they had a big pregame show in store that would celebrate both Melbourne and Australian culture, along with superstar band the Jonas Brothers set to rock the G\u2019 at halftime.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-1ix6vwn-StyledParagraph e4e0a020\">\u201cThere\u2019s a huge pregame celebration that we\u2019re gonna do that\u2019s really gonna celebrate the culture of Melbourne and Australia and this hallowed ground,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-1ix6vwn-StyledParagraph e4e0a020\">\u201cThen of course halftime with the Jonas Brothers, we\u2019re thrilled to have those guys and come and really kick off their tour with us at the MCG, and they are thrilled to be here so they can\u2019t wait to get going.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-1ix6vwn-StyledParagraph e4e0a020\">The match will be live and free on Seven and Seven Plus from 8:45 am AWST and 10.45am local time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"With under 24 hours to go until the first official NFL match on Australian soil between the LA&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":886481,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[559],"tags":[64,63,593,588,85],"class_list":["post-886480","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-nfl","tag-sport","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/886480","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=886480"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/886480\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/886481"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=886480"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=886480"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=886480"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}