Lewis, the newly-appointed RFL executive chairman, has just completed a series of talks with the major rugby league playing nations in a bid to revamp international competition.

The former Davis Cup tennis player, who met with French officials last month, flew from Sydney following Great Britain's record 64-10 defeat by Australia for talks with New Zealand officials.

"International rugby league is a huge priority and the feedback I've had since the match has been very encouraging," he said.

"It was good to find so much common ground - Australia, New Zealand and ourselves all want more international rugby. The Australian trip went very well apart from the 80 minutes."

However, Lewis accepts that next year's scheduled one-off Test in New Zealand is almost certain to be scrapped in the wake of the Sydney humiliation, although he is yet to meet with under-fire GB coach David Waite.

"David had major reservations about flying down there for a one-off match," said Lewis.

"Yet, in a funny kind of way, it still achieved its purpose by reinforcing to people behind the scenes that there is a future for Test match rugby.

"The Test in New Zealand next July is officially still on but New Zealand don't expect us to play a one-off match.

"We need to talk with the Super League clubs about whether or not we should try to put in place a better build-up period or maybe, if it's a one-off, we shouldn't do it.

"I haven't had a detailed discussion with David yet but I'm against just one Test match."