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The San Francisco 49ers defeated the Los Angeles Rams 27-7 in an NFL regular-season game played at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Australia, in front of a crowd of more than 100,000 fans. The Rams had flown in only the day before the game, a scheduling disadvantage highlighted in post-game analysis, while the 49ers, who arrived a week in advance, capitalized to secure a dominant win over the Super Bowl favourites. Coaches Kyle Shanahan and Sean McVay both downplayed the differing travel schedules as a factor in the result, even as many Niners players praised the decision to arrive early. Rams pass rusher Myles Garrett, playing his first game for Los Angeles, went without a tackle and called it 'the worst version of myself that I've put out there,' underscoring the scale of the Rams' disappointing performance.