Melbourne won't be in a rush to organise/confirm it. Won't bother them in the slightest that it'd help the Leeds club and its supporters to know as soon as possible so they can start sorting out travel etc.
Just give us the trophy on a forfeit as they obviously have no interest and they owe us for the one they won against us in their Salary Cap cheating period where they subsequently got stripped of the WCC title for that year
Your job is to say to yourself on a job interview does the hiring manager likes me or not. If you aren't a particular manager's cup of tea, you haven't failed -- you've dodged a bullet.
Why would anyone spend all that money for what on the face of it appears to be a meaningless contest - if it happens the weekend it will happen is known.