It was as though the Rams’ privately owned SoFi Stadium had been spirited across the Pacific and shape-shifted into the MCG.

A century before the NFL arrived for its anticipated match at the MCG, American football had already reached Melbourne.

The MCG is almost ready to host the Los Angeles Rams and San Francisco 49ers on Friday, but fans have been left to rue the absence of one of the NFL’s most “scary” sights after…