Knights chief executive Steve Burraston met with representatives of the fast food conglomerate in Sydney yesterday, having held similar crisis talks with another corporate supporter, private health insurance company NIB, in Newcastle yesterday morning.

Burraston will meet with Wests Group management today as the embattled NRL club makes every effort to shore up their corporate supporters in the wake of serious drugs supply charges against former players Danny Wicks and Chris Houston in the past three months.

NIB has been a long-term sponsor of the Knights but McDonald's signed on just three months ago - five days before Wicks was arrested and charged with six counts of supplying and two counts of possessing illicit drugs.

The McDonald's deal, in which the company's logo will appear on the team's playing shorts and the name will be emblazoned across the back of the Newcastle jersey, was for one year and is understood to be worth almost $200,000 for this season.

"We're going to make a decision in the next 48 hours," McDonald's Australia spokeswoman Kristene Mullen told The Herald after their meeting. "We just want to see what actions they have taken in regards to what has happened. We will review what was said in the meeting and go from there."

Mullen and four other McDonald's executives attended the meeting with Burraston and Knights chairman Rob Tew at the company's head office at Thornleigh.

In a statement issued by the Knights last night, Burraston said: "Both meetings held today were constructive and offered an opportunity for our sponsors to discuss a number of concerns.

"Our meeting with NIB was positive and we will now provide further information to assist with their internal discussions and the ongoing relationship between the two organisations.

"The meeting with McDonald's was also fruitful and they are now considering the information we presented today. I'm pleased and thankful both sponsors gave us the opportunity to brief them today."