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Irvine ... is set to step down as Cronulla chairman. Source: Anthony Reginato / News Limited
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Cronulla chairman Damian Irvine has stood down in the wake of the ASADA drugs scandal at the club.
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Irvine came under fire on the weekend for claiming players were injected with horse drugs.
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He refused to elaborate or back down from the claims but admitted he could have handled the situation better.
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"One regret I do have is that my comments that were reported on Sunday probably could be inferred that they had someway deliberately acted against the players' best interest and that would never be the case for those gents," said Irvine. "I apologise for that."
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"I don't think it did (help). And I'm honest it's been a period of time of extreme pressure and strain for a lot of people.
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"That conversation I had I won't back away from it. But it wasn't an interview in a calm situation. It was a middle of the night conversation after quite a bit of badgering. It wasn't sensible to make those comments and I'll take responsibility for those."
Irvine said he made the decision to stand down and was not pushed out.
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That claim was backed up by the presence at the press conference of former Sharks winger Glenn Coleman, who has been appointed to take over from Irvine.
"I feel my presence at the club may prove be to an obstacle in allowing those affected by the decisions made by the board last week to move forward," Irvine said.
"As a result I'm standing down as chairman of the board of directors today.
"I made this decision very clearly on my own bat. It was tough because you don't like to see people you care for and done a lot of good things for this club be left in it on their own."
He said he understood discontent within the club over the drugs drama but rejected claims that he and his board had put themselves before the interests of the club and its fans since the ASADA investigation started.
"I understand there is anger among our supporters and the coaching staff," Irvine said.
"There's been some dark days in this club.
"I don't mean to down play at all what is happening at the moment.
"There's been ill-informed speculation recently reporting the motivation and reasoning of the board's strong action last Friday.
"I want to make something perfectly clear.
"Self interest was the furthest thing from the minds of the directors when they took the tough decisions they took last week.
"I believe we made the right decision for the right reasons."
Interim CEO Bruno Cullen, former boss of the Brisbane Broncos, arrives at the club today to take over operations.
Irvine's departure follows the standing down on Friday of coach Shane Flanagan.
The Cronulla board also sacked football general manager Darren Mooney, head trainer Mark Noakes, physiotherapist Konrad Schulz and long-serving medico, team doctor Dave Givney, who is also the NSW State of Origin team's medical officer.
Irvine was overseas at the time of Friday's announcement.
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