America’s Nationwide Soccer League (NFL) has confirmed it’s coming to Australia.
The NFL on Thursday morning confirmed the primary common season NFL recreation can be held in 2026 and have the Los Angeles Rams.
It will likely be held on the MCG and is the primary of a multi-year settlement. The media launch doesn’t specify the size of the deal.
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The opponent and precise date of the sport has not been introduced, though it was earlier reported the Philadelphia Eagles would even be coming Down Beneath.
The Rams and Eagles maintain present advertising rights in Australia underneath the league’s International Markets Program.
“Increasing to Melbourne, Australia, a phenomenal metropolis with a wealthy sports activities historical past, underlines our ambitions to grow to be a worldwide sport and speed up worldwide development,” NFL commissioner Roger Goodell stated.
Aaron Donald of the Los Angeles Rams. Getty
“Along with the Victorian state authorities, Go to Victoria and the Melbourne Cricket Floor, and with the Los Angeles Rams in 2026, we look ahead to making historical past in what is a vital marketplace for the NFL and a big subsequent step in increasing our worldwide footprint.”
American soccer has grown in reputation all through Australia and the game is rising its footprint within the nation.
The NFL opened an academy on the Gold Coast final yr, two years after establishing an workplace within the nation.
Jordan Mailata, a former junior rugby league participant from Sydney, will play Monday’s Tremendous Bowl for Philadelphia.
At a Tremendous Bowl media name earlier this week Mailata was requested about the potential of NFL video games being performed in Australia.
“It’d imply every little thing to deliver a recreation again residence. Only for eyes and viewership,” Mailata stated.
“I actually need this recreation to develop again residence, so if we are able to deliver a recreation again there to generate curiosity and preserve the expansion of the sport going, that’d imply loads to me.
“The very best factor about soccer is you can play at any measurement, at any top. I am 6 foot 8 (203cm), however there are guys on my staff (who’re loads smaller).
“There are totally different heights and totally different sizes of each teammate of mine, and I believe that is what makes the game stunning.”
