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

San Francisco boss hesitant for team to play another game in Melbourne LA Rams head coach Sean McVay refuses to blame travel plan for loss 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. Continue reading...

Jack Snape at the MCG · Thu, Sep 10, 2026, 11:58 PM
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49ers coach Kyle Shanahan cool on NFL return to Australia: ‘I just don’t like to travel’

San Francisco boss hesitant for team to play another game in Melbourne
LA Rams head coach Sean McVay refuses to blame travel plan for loss

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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