The 49ers beat the Rams 27-7 in Melbourne on Thursday, the league's first regular-season game in Australia. [1] This paper printed Week 1 as already open. Friday has no NFL kickoff. A Thursday night in the United States is not a Friday slate. Print Melbourne as Thursday's. Do not invent a Friday game.
The Guardian filed Brock Purdy and a 100,021 crowd at the MCG. [1] ESPN filed the same 27-7. [2] Those numbers belong to Thursday. High-school Friday is not the NFL. Sunday owns the 13-game slate. Print no Friday kickoff.
Friday recap that treats Melbourne's Friday-morning local kick as a second NFL night is a feed, not the Guardian. Print 27-7 as Thursday's. Leave Sunday to Sunday.
Sunday owns the slate. Friday is not a second Melbourne.
A hundred thousand at the MCG for a season opener is the league's Australian bet paying off. Friday-night American football belongs to high schools. The NFL owns Wednesday, Thursday morning, and Sunday.
Sunday owns the slate; Friday owns none. Melbourne is Thursday's 27–7. High schools keep Friday night.
A hundred thousand at the MCG already paid off Thursday. Friday owns none of the slate. High schools keep the night.
The 27-7 over the Rams in Australia is Thursday's opener, already in as Week 1. Purdy and 100,021 at the MCG do not create a Friday NFL kickoff. Thirteen league games still sit on Sunday. High-school games are the only football named tonight.
Friday has no NFL kickoff. Thirteen league games still sit on Sunday. High schools keep the night.
Friday has no NFL kickoff. Thirteen league games still sit on Sunday. High schools keep the night.
-- AMARA OKONKWO, Lagos