Negotiations between the NRL and Rugby League Players Association will continue to drag on after no resolution was struck on Tuesday.
Representatives from the two parties sat down for four hours in Sydney.
However, it's understood little progress was made on a number of key issues blocking the five-year Collective Bargaining Agreement's finalisation.
The meeting was the first between the RLPA and NRL since the players rejected the league's latest offer earlier this month.
The two parties - led by chief executives Todd Greenberg and Ian Prendergast - will now meet again on Thursday, with further talks already pencilled in for next week.
Next week's proposed meetings mean it's unlikely players will boycott the NRL's first key commercial agreement of the finals series in next Monday's captain's call.
But further action has still not been ruled out.
Negotiations began 14 months ago, but the two parties are still have areas of disagreement regarding player privacy, revenue streams, insurance and retirement funds.
The $9.4 million salary cap for next season, which was unanimous agreed on by all clubs earlier this month, is one of the areas of common ground between the players and the league.
The current CBA expires at the end of October, but both sides are confident a deal can be struck well before then.
"It sounds like they are getting a lot closer to a result," St George Illawarra winger and RLPA club delegate Jason Nightingale said at training on Tuesday.
"Let's hope for the sake of the game, fans, clubs and players and the game as a whole that it does come soon.
"I'm sure acceptances need to be made but I feel like the vibe of the mass meeting that we had last week, there was an air of confidence if things are agreed to then we will be going towards an acceptance."
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