A reduction in the number of interchanges is set to be among the topics discussed when the NRL's competition committee considers what the game may look like in 10 years' time, but there will be no immediate change to the replacement rule at Tuesday's meeting.

The committee, which includes Wayne Bennett, Tim Sheens and Darren Lockyer, will receive a detailed presentation on how the game has changed since 2004 and what changes may occur in the next decade, before looking at ways to improve the competition in 2015.

"Interchange won't change next year. But certainly we will start shaping some of our thoughts for the future": NRL head of football Todd Greenberg. Credit:Damian Bennett

However, much of the debate is expected to revolve around longer-term issues, with calls to reduce the number of interchanges from 10 to eight, and even six, expected to be considered at the two-day meeting.

"The competition committee historically has looked at issues in the game in its most immediate sense. But tomorrow's session is very much with a bigger horizon, looking at a 10-year view of the game and challenging the competition committee to think broadly about what we want the game to evolve into," NRL head of football Todd Greenberg said.