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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
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Jack Snape at the MCG

49ers coach Kyle Shanahan cool on NFL return to Australia: ‘I just don’t like to travel’

San Francisco 49ers players run on to the MCG to face the Los Angeles Rams in the NFL’s first game in Melbourne
The NFL’s first game in Melbourne played between the San Francisco 49ers and the Los Angeles Rams drew more than 100,000 spectators to the MCG. Photograph: Quinn Rooney/Getty Images

Victorious San Francisco 49ers head coach Kyle Shanahan said he loves Australia, the “gladiator-ish” MCG and its surface, the local hospitality and the country’s NFL fans, even if he may not want to play another game so far away from home.

After the 49ers’ 27-7 victory over the LA Rams in the first NFL match in Australia, the 46-year-old revealed he wants to come back to holiday and see more of the country than this week’s goldfish bowl routine of hotel-to-practice-to-hotel would allow.

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