The Australian Rugby League Commission has abandoned plans for constitutional reform after a meeting with NRL club chiefs on Monday.

ARLC chairman Peter Beattie said he would re-visit talks in a year, leaving the commission at eight seats with Peter V’landys and Amanda Laing appointed to take up the two vacant spots.

The meeting at Rugby League Central lasted just 20 minutes.

“Obviously there were some disagreements about the advancement of constitutional reform. It was a 15-3 vote but the feeling in the room was a positive one,” Beattie said on Monday.

“You can disagree (about) it being an ugly fight, and it wasn’t.

“It was actually done with goodwill. Of course there was some disappointment but it was done with goodwill.

“I’ve indicated that we will re-visit constitutional reform within a year.

“I’ve taken responsibility for initiating some of those discussions, so it’s not dead.”

It was widely tipped that the NRL clubs would have a combined two representatives on the commission, while the NSWRL and QRL would get a seat each.

However, the vote meant the commission would remain unchanged, and that both state leagues would instead be members of the financial audit committee.

QRL chairman Bruce Hatcher and NSWRL chief financial officer David Nissen are on the board.

“The reason for that is simple, we want to work closely with NSWRL and QRL. We’ve got a transparency coming,” Beattie said.

“As we’ve signalled to you before, (NRL CEO) Todd Greenberg and I will be releasing the quarterly statements, the financial statements, releasing decisions of the board.

“There is an openness and transparency coming.

“We want NSW and QRL at the table, at the financial audit committee.

“They won’t be there as observers. They’ll be there as full members of the committee.

“So everybody will know the true finances of the NRL.”