Melbourne Cricket Ground prepares for NFL season opener between Rams and 49ers

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The LA Rams will face the San Francisco 49ers in the first regular season American football game to be played Down Under.

Despite being the designated home team and campaigning to face the San Francisco 49ers in Melbourne, the Rams are nowhere to be found, sending a message they have no interest in courting fans.

The San Francisco 49ers are officially the road team for their game against the Rams in Melbourne this week, but the actions and apparel choices of local residents indicate they are the fan favorites.

The San Francisco 49ers have arrived in Australia, mostly gotten over the impact of the long flight and now are getting prepared to open their season Friday in Melbourne against the Los Angeles Rams. The Niners left California last Wednesday, arrived in Australia on Friday and were set for their first practice of game week on Monday at AAMI Park in Melbourne feeling mostly refreshed after players got a day to explore the city. The Rams are still back home and won't arrive until Thursday.

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Los Angeles is the designated “home team” for the season opener, but San Francisco is the franchise embracing a full week in Melbourne.

The 49ers have arrived in Melbourne for their season-opening NFL game against the Rams at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on Sept. 11.

The San Francisco 49ers have arrived in Melbourne for their season-opening NFL game against the Los Angeles Rams at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on Sept. 11. It is expected to be the first of many regular-season NFL games in front of its growing Australian fan base. The team’s 200-member traveling party touched down on Friday morning after a 15-hour chartered Qantas flight and will spend a week acclimatizing before facing the Rams in front of an expected sold-out crowd at the MCG.

A debut Down Under has been a long time coming for the NFL. It’s fitting, that the Los Angeles Rams and the San Francisco 49ers will be playing their season-opening game next week at the Melbourne Cricket Ground — known locally as the MCG or, more commonly, j…

The 49ers are Down Under, having landed in Australia.

A debut Down Under has been a long time coming for the NFL. It's fitting, too, that the Los Angeles Rams and the San Francisco 49ers will be playing their season-opening game next week at the Melbourne Cricket Ground — known locally as the MCG or, more commonly, just as The G. It's where for almost 150 years Australia has been playing test cricket matches, which can run across five days yet still finish without a winner, and it's the home of Australian rules football.