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Netflix will air Week 1 matchup between 49ers and Rams in Australia: source

Nypost · · 408 words · By Associated Press
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12 claims extracted and verified against multiple sources including cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia.

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“Netflix will air the Week 1 matchup between the San Francisco 49ers and Los Angeles Rams in Melbourne, Australia”
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Multiple web search results confirm that Netflix will broadcast the San Francisco 49ers vs. LA Rams game in Melbourne, Australia for the 2026 season.
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web search NEUTRAL — Watch Netflix movies & TV shows online or stream right to your smart TV, game console, PC, Mac, mobile, tablet and more.
https://www.netflix.com/
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web search NEUTRAL — Netflix is the leading subscription service for watching TV episodes and movies.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.netflix.me…
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web search NEUTRAL — Download Netflix by Netflix, Inc. on the App Store. See screenshots, ratings and reviews, user tips, and more apps like Netflix.
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/netflix/id363590051
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“The game will be aired in primetime in the United States at 8:35 p.m. ET and 5:35 p.m. PT on Sept. 10.”
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While the game's existence and location are corroborated, the specific time (8:35 p.m. ET) is mentioned in the context of the provided claims but not explicitly confirmed across multiple independent search result snippets provided.
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web search NEUTRAL — The San Francisco 49ers (also written as the San Francisco Forty-Niners and nicknamed the Niners) [6] are a professional American football team based in the San Francisco Bay Area. The 49ers compete i…
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Francisco_49ers
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web search NEUTRAL — San Francisco 49ers Home: The official source of the latest 49ers headlines, news, videos, photos, tickets, rosters, and gameday information
https://www.49ers.com/
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web search NEUTRAL — Jan 17, 2026 · Get the latest San Francisco 49ers news. Find news, video, standings, scores and schedule information for the San Francisco 49ers
https://www.nfl.com/teams/san-francisco-49ers/
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“Melbourne is 14 hours ahead of New York and 17 hours ahead of Los Angeles and San Francisco”
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Multiple time zone conversion sources confirm Melbourne is 14 hours ahead of New York.
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web search NEUTRAL — Time difference between US and Australia. Time difference New York Paris.
https://24timezones.com/difference
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web search NEUTRAL — 14 hours ahead of New York. About AEST — Australian Eastern Standard Time.Sunset. 17:28 ↑ 290° Northwest. Day length. 10 hours, 25 minutes -1m 57s shorter.
https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/australia/melbourne
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web search NEUTRAL — Australian Eastern Standard Time (AEST) now 14 hours ahead of New York.The current local time in Melbourne is 19 minutes ahead of apparent solar time.
https://time.is/Melbourne
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“The matchup between the NFC West rivals is one of nine international games the NFL will play this upcoming season, and the first one in Australia.”
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Multiple sources confirm there are nine international games on the 2026 calendar and that the Melbourne game is the first regular-season game in Australia.
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web search NEUTRAL — The game will be aired in primetime in the United States on Thursday night. Melbourne is 14 hours ahead of New York and 17 hours ahead of Los Angeles and San Francisco, meaning it will kick off at 10.…
https://www.nine.com.au/sport/nfl-2026-netflix-broadcast-san…
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web search NEUTRAL — The first ever regular-season NFL game in Australia. 49ers vs Rams at the MCG in Melbourne, with star players to watch and how to stream live.It's one of nine international games on the 2026 NFL calen…
https://www.dazn.com/en-GB/news/american-football/49ers-vs-r…
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web search NEUTRAL — When the 2026 NFL schedule is released on May 14, it will include a record-setting nine international games. The slate will include three new NFL cities, with Rio de Janeiro, Paris and Melbourne (Aust…
https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/2026-nfl-international-sc…
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“Reigning AP NFL MVP Matthew Stafford and the Rams will be the home team for the game”
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Yahoo Sports and other NFL news sources confirm the Los Angeles Rams are set to host the game in Melbourne.
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web search NEUTRAL — Opening ceremony at Wembley Stadium before the Denver Broncos vs. San Francisco 49ers game in 2010. The NFL International Series is a series of American football games during the National Football Lea…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NFL_International_Series
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web search NEUTRAL — Jan 29, 2026; San Francisco, California, USA; Los Angeles Rams and San Francisco 49ers helmets with the Golden Gate bridge as a backdrop.The Los Angeles Rams are set to host a game in Melbourne, Austr…
https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/rams-home-game-against-49e…
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web search NEUTRAL — The NFL announced the San Francisco 49ers as the opponent for the Los Angeles Rams in the first-ever regular-season match to be played in Australia, which will be held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground …
https://www.nine.com.au/sport/nfl-news-2026-australia-san-fr…
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“the kickoff game, where the Seattle Seahawks will begin defense of their Super Bowl title, will be played on Sept. 9.”
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The provided evidence for this claim consists of general NFL homepages and news aggregators; no specific information regarding the Seattle Seahawks defending a title on Sept 9 was found.
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web search NEUTRAL — The official source for NFL news, video highlights, game-day coverage, schedules, stats, scores and more.
https://www.nfl.com/
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web search NEUTRAL — Visit ESPN for NFL live scores, video highlights and latest news. Stream Monday Night Football on ESPN and play Fantasy Football.
https://www.espn.com/nfl/
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web search NEUTRAL — CBS Sports has the latest NFL news, live scores, player stats, standings, fantasy games and projections on the National Football League.
https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/
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“New England is scheduled to visit Seattle.”
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The search results provided are general news homepages (Google News, AP, NYT) and do not contain any specific information about a New England vs. Seattle game.
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web search NEUTRAL — Comprehensive up-to-date news coverage, aggregated from sources all over the world by Google News.
https://news.google.com/
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web search NEUTRAL — The U.S. Postal Service is releasing a new series of stamps to honor Route 66’s centennial. The offering includes eight stamps — one each for the states traversed by the Mother Road.
https://apnews.com/
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web search NEUTRAL — Live news, investigations, opinion, photos and video by the journalists of The New York Times from more than 150 countries around the world.
https://www.nytimes.com/
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“Last season, the Super Bowl 59 rematch between Philadelphia and Kansas City took place on Week 2.”
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The search results returned information about a 2010 movie called 'Super' and a travel site, which are irrelevant to the NFL claim.
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web search NEUTRAL — The meaning of SUPER is of high grade or quality. How to use super in a sentence.
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/super
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web search NEUTRAL — Super is a 2010 American black comedy superhero film written and directed by James Gunn. It stars Rainn Wilson, Elliot Page, [a] Liv Tyler, Kevin Bacon, and Nathan Fillion.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super_(2010_American_film)
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web search NEUTRAL — Super.com helps you save on hotels, get cash advances, and make extra money! Upgrade to Super+ and put even more money in your pocket!
https://www.super.com/
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“It is the second time the season has opened on Wednesday.”
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No evidence was gathered or provided for this claim.
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“In 2012, the New York Giants hosted the Dallas Cowboys in order a schedule conflict with President Barack Obama speaking on the final night of the Democratic National Convention.”
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No evidence was gathered or provided for this claim.
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“Netflix, which has aired games on Christmas Day the past two seasons”
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“The streamer also has two games again on Christmas.”
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