A stony-faced Greg Bird marched out of the judiciary with his State of Origin hopes in tatters after failing to have his dangerous throw charge, stemming from Australia's Test defeat to New Zealand, downgraded on Wednesday night.

The Gold Coast back-rower declined to comment on the verdict – which rubs him out of the entire Origin series and provided another unwelcome headache for Blues coach Laurie Daley – as he left League Central.

Instead Bird's Titans coach Neil Henry was left to do the talking and pick up the pieces with the most suspended player in the NRL not set to return for club duty until round 19 when the Titans visit Newcastle.

"We're very disappointed in the outcome," Henry said. "We thought we mounted a strong case for a downgrade from a grade two to a grade one and we thought we had evidence to prove that. Unfortunately, that wasn't the case with the judiciary.