NRL clubs who are about to be represented on the Australian Rugby League Commission for the first time may also be invited to sit as observers on the International Federation, RLIF chief executive David Collier has revealed.

In a response to comments by South Sydney general manager of football Shane Richardson in Tuesday's Herald that the RLIF never tells Australasian clubs what's going on, Collier said allowing them to sit in on meetings would be considered under constitutional changes currently being examined.

Such a development could be seen as an indication of a more ambitious and aggressive international governing body as the game looks to capitalise on progress made at the World Cup.

"I don't think anyone has a problem with the things Shane is saying," Collier told Fairfax Media upon his return to London – making him unable to take up Richardson's invitation to address clubs in person.

"We do have to be careful as an international governing body to observe protocol. We can't go and talk to clubs in one country without being invited to do so by that country's federation, which in this case would be the NRL and the ARLC.