John Grant is set to receive a 12-month stay of execution to allow the Australian Rugby League Commission chairman to work through a long-term club funding model, but support for the embattled administrator in his home state remains divided.

As the clubs and ARLC inch towards ending an ugly split about how the game's record $1.8billion broadcast deal will be divvied up from 2018, the Brisbane Broncos and North Queensland Cowboys reaffirmed their commitment to the NRL clubs seeking last year's memorandum of understanding be put back on the table.

Stay of execution: ARLC Chairman John Grant. Credit:Robert Shakespeare

There had been claims the Broncos and Cowboys were wavering in the move to dump Grant from rugby league's top administrative post, but the two NRL grand finalists from last year privately told fellow club bosses on Saturday they would not budge on the feud over club grants and would stand with their fellow clubs.

It leaves Grant with less than 48hours to come to an agreement with clubs spokesperson and Melbourne chairman Bart Campbell – as well as the other NRL chairmen – to avert an extraordinary general meeting set down for Tuesday.