New Parramatta coach Stephen Kearney previously worked with Orford during his days at Melbourne.

BBC: Bradford Bulls insist Matt Orford will stay

When it comes to noisy and unsightly motorways, Parramatta Road, Sydney's major east-west artery, takes the cake.

CNN: Spectacular scenes at Sydney festival

At the very start of Parramatta Road, the castle-like buildings of Sydney University were modeled on London's Westminster Abbey.

CNN: Spectacular scenes at Sydney festival

"I've had a few chances in big games and this is the biggest for me, " said the Parramatta Eels player.

BBC: Kiwis delighted by World Cup win

He returned home before the end of the season to undergo shoulder surgery - and has since been linked with moves back home to Canberra and Parramatta.

BBC: Bradford Bulls insist Matt Orford will stay

Spreading the Sydney Festival throughout the city, Kaldor Public Arts Projects, an Australian arts organisation that transforms spaces with emotive art, has taken its most recent project to Parramatta Town Hall in the western suburbs.

BBC: Sydney��s epic arts fest returns

But, in his two years since arriving from Catalans Dragons, the 47-year-old former full-back from Parramatta, New South Wales, has inevitably suffered in comparison to his immediate predecessors - fellow Aussies Ian Millward and Daniel Anderson.

BBC: Saints' Mick Potter keen to exit with Grand Final win