It’s fitting, too, that the Los Angeles Rams and the San Francisco 49ers will be playing their season-opening game Thursday (7:35 p.m. CT, Netflix) at the Melbourne Cricket Ground — known locally as the MCG or, more commonly, just as The G.

MELBOURNE, Australia — The NFL is making history this week with its first-ever regular-season game in Australia, but Commissioner Roger Goodell is already thinking well into the future.

The 49ers are the most popular NFL team in Australia, with many fans watching since the Joe Montana-Jerry Rice days.

"It's cool to come over and be a part of the first NFL game on Aussie soil."

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

One local businessman dismissed the crowd count as verification of any NFL success, claiming any big event will draw 100K to the MCG

By Ian Ransom MELBOURNE, Sept 9 (Reuters) - The National Football League (NFL) is determined to make a big splash at its first regular-season game in Australia but out in the Melbourne suburbs, a quieter revolution is brewing without the helmets,

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