Golden point may be scrapped for this year's finals series and grand final, with the NRL Competition Committee to consider alternatives for deciding sudden-death matches – including adopting the NFL's overtime policy so a field goal doesn't immediately end the game.

While Johnathan Thurston's 83rd-minute field goal to win last year's grand final for North Queensland is considered an iconic moment in the game's history, there are many who believe it is not the way a premiership should be decided and a meeting of NRL coaches late last year agreed further discussion was needed about golden point in finals matches.

The NRL Competition Committee will meet next month for the first time since then and the main issue on the agenda is how finals and grand finals should be decided if the scores are tied at full-time.

Among the options to be discussed are: