Brisbane, Newcastle and the Sydney Roosters will continue to do it tough during the State of Origin series after failing to have the next National Rugby League season extended by a week.
The Broncos, Knights and Roosters were among six clubs to endorse a proposal to have next year's three Origingames treated as stand-alone matches on Sundays.
The radical change, requiring a shift from the popular mid-week time slot, would have freed Queensland's and NSW's elite players for all club games.
However, the proposal - under which all the NRL clubs would have received three byes instead of two - lost out 9-6 to clubs in favour of retaining the status quo.
