Rams take on 49ers in NFL’s 1st game in Australia
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Rams hold lone Melbourne walkthrough at Marvel Stadium before season opener against 49ers
MELBOURNE, Australia — The Rams completed their first and final walkthrough in Melbourne on Thursday at Marvel Stadium, putting the finishing touches on their preparation for a season opener against the San Francisco 49ers barely a day after arriving in Australia.
After the 49ers beat the Los Angeles Rams in Week 1 down in Melbourne, Fred Warner took to social media to troll them.
Hubris is an expensive item to drag across the world, and the Los Angeles Rams just paid the massive overweight baggage fee. Before a ball was kicked inside the Melbourne Cricket Ground Thursday night stateside and Friday morning in Australia,
The San Francisco 49ers dominated the Los Angeles Rams 27-7 in front of more than 100,000 fans at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on Friday morning.
The Rams and 49ers traveled halfway around the world to remind everyone about the thin line they walk in the NFC West. The Rams arrived in Australia carrying Super Bowl expectations and a roster seemingly assembled to make those expectations reasonable.
After defeating the Rams, the 49ers were hit with disappointing injury news about one of their promising offensive stars.
Commentator Colin Cowherd has often been critical of the 49ers, and he wasn't sold on the Niners' big win over the Rams on Thursday.
Days after the 49ers dismantled them, 27-7, in Melbourne, the Rams are facing an extended stretch without the pass rusher they acquired to help turn their Super Bowl ambitions into reality. Garrett is headed for arthroscopic knee surgery and injured reserve, with an absence of at least four games looming.