NFL set to host a game in Australia next year between Philadelphia Eagles and LA Rams

The NFL is reportedly going to Australia, with a 2026 crippled betwixt Philadelphia Eagles and Los Angeles Rams acceptable to beryllium held successful Melbourne.

According to a study successful the Herald Sun in Australia, Melbourne volition big 3 in-season games dispersed implicit respective years. The archetypal is said to beryllium betwixt the Rams and Eagles, and volition beryllium played successful October 2026.

The study says it volition beryllium held astatine the MCG, a 100,000-seater multi-purpose stadium that is utilized for cricket and AFL (Australian Rules Football). 

The Eagles are successful adjacent week's Super Bowl successful New Orleans against Kansas City Chiefs and lifted the trophy successful 2018. The Rams, meanwhile, won the Super Bowl successful 2022. 

This season, the Rams mislaid to the Eagles successful the playoffs successful a gripping 28-22 divisional circular crippled successful the snowfall successful Philadelphia.

The Eagles would beryllium an particularly appealing squad to instrumentality the crippled to Australia, fixed they person Australian Jordan Mailata connected their roster. 

The NFL said successful a connection to DailyMail.Com: 'Australia is an important marketplace for the NFL globally and we are committed to increasing the crippled astatine each levels crossed the continent. 

'As we’ve antecedently shared, we’re continuing to research the anticipation of a crippled in-market.'

The clip quality could enactment for NFL fans backmost successful the United States, too. 

Philadelphia is 16 hours down Melbourne and LA 19 hours back. An aboriginal Sunday day timeslot successful Australia, for example, would drawback a Saturday nighttime assemblage successful Philly and LA. 

And the NFL been assertive successful trying to grow its overseas appeal. This season, regular play games were held successful London, Germany and Brazil - the second of which besides progressive the Eagles.

The study successful Australia adds that teams heading to Melbourne volition enactment connected a week of NFL-related activities successful the city, including instrumentality zones with areas astir Melbourne screening the game. 

For now, the Eagles are focusing connected adjacent week's Super Bowl against Travis Kelce and the Chiefs, who volition participate the past books with a triumph arsenic the archetypal squad successful the Super Bowl epoch to triumph 3 consecutive titles. 

They bushed the Eagles successful 2023 successful Arizona to commencement that run, meaning this year's crippled besides gives Philadelphia a changeable astatine revenge. 

This time, they person Saquon Barkley successful their ranks, who Chiefs caput manager Andy Reid said is 1 of the champion moving backs ever to play the game.

The Rams, meanwhile, could look a spot of reshuffle during the offseason. Matthew Stafford, the quarterback, faces an uncertain aboriginal aft hinting helium would see status aft the offseason nonaccomplishment to the Eagles.

Wide receiver Cooper Kupp is besides expected to permission the team.