Australian Rugby League Commissioner John Grant will return from a successful Four Nations to an NRL at 'flashpoint' as club chairmen demand movement on a raft of key issues during a meeting in Sydney on Wednesday.

Grant will have barely set foot off the plane from England when he fronts club bosses left frustrated by a perceived lack of action on funding and new licence agreements, two of the festering issues set to dominate much of the discussion.

Hovering on top of that is the Collective Bargaining Agreement with players, while chairmen will also want information on the savings to be passed on from the scrapping of the national under-20s competition.

Fairfax Media was told that clubs will present a united front to Grant, who has also taken some fire for the extended stay in England alongside NRL chief executive Todd Greenberg.