{"id":896202,"date":"2026-09-18T05:54:10","date_gmt":"2026-09-18T05:54:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/896202\/"},"modified":"2026-09-18T05:54:10","modified_gmt":"2026-09-18T05:54:10","slug":"never-again-la-rams-coach-sean-mcvays-brutal-verdict-on-ill-fated-australia-trip","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/896202\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Never again\u2019: LA Rams coach Sean McVay\u2019s brutal verdict on ill-fated Australia trip"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportingnews.com\/au\/nfl\/los-angeles-rams\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Los Angeles Rams<\/a> may be \u2018Australia\u2019s team\u2019 for global NFL marketing purposes.<\/p>\n<p>But don\u2019t expect to see the franchise heading back down under any time soon if\u00a0Rams head coach Sean McVay has his way.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcsports.com\/nfl\/profootballtalk\/rumor-mill\/news\/sean-mcvay-hopes-the-rams-never-play-in-australia-again\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Speaking to the media<\/a> on Thursday as his side prepares for its Week 2 match against the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportingnews.com\/au\/nfl\/new-york-giants\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">New York Giants<\/a> at LA\u2019s SoFi Stadium, McVay made his thoughts of the ill-fated trip to Melbourne clear.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s almost like you try and do the \u2018Men in Black\u2019 thing, where you say all right, \u2018hey I don\u2019t remember what happened.\u2019 That was so long ago,\u201d McVay said of the hit-and-run trip that resulted in a 27-7 defeat\u00a0to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportingnews.com\/au\/nfl\/san-francisco-49ers\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">San Francisco 49ers<\/a> at the MCG.<\/p>\n<p>MORE:\u00a0<a data-testid=\"container--article_list\" target=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sportingnews.com\/au\/nfl\/los-angeles-rams\/news\/rams-roasted-travel-plans-nfl-australia\/c3a26d80d368d5b722c77518\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Rams roasted for travel plans as &#8216;in-and-out&#8217; strategy backfires<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re not playing in Australia ever again I hope,\u201d McVay declared bluntly before quickly adding a face-saving caveat.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNot because it wasn\u2019t a great atmosphere, that will get taken out of context.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Despite being the designated \u2018away\u2019 team the 49ers arrived in Melbourne a full week ahead of the historic contest and won not just the match, but the respect of local NFL fans and neutrals alike.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Rams were in Australia for barely 30 hours.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Los Angeles Rams may be \u2018Australia\u2019s team\u2019 for global NFL marketing purposes. But don\u2019t expect to see&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":896203,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[559],"tags":[64,63,593,85],"class_list":["post-896202","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\/896202","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=896202"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/896202\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/896203"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=896202"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=896202"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=896202"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}