Why did I read that in my head with a Chorley accent

Because you have a Chorley obsession. You definitely should seek professional medical help with your problem.

Reading between the lines: lack of interest, lack of money. The NY project must be close to being dead in the water after all this time.

To try & bring some sense to a thread that seems to be taken over by a delusioned fake french school kid,
I would like to say it has been a breath of fresh air to have live championship games available on line, have enjoyed the coverage & the picture quality on my I pad brilliant.

It would be fun to see how much trouble a bunch of socially retarded Australian NRL cast-offs could get themselves into in New York City, especially if it means killing RL in one of those wasteland towns in the North of England which do nothing but consistently produce England internationals.