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ON the eve of perhaps his greatest moment, NSW skipper Paul Gallen has opened up about the mental anguish ASADA's investigation has taken on him and Cronulla.
A candid Gallen has spoken about how he has been forced to deal with 19 months of damaging innuendo as the ASADA supplements drama continues to hover menacingly over the game.
Gallen yesterday revealed:
* How the investigation has prevented he and wife Anne from having another child.
* Young Sharks players have endured "mental health issues".
* Other players have been medicated.
* Sharks staff and officials have been hospitalised.
* How the NRL has done little to help.
Paul Gallen and wife Anne at the 2013 Dally M Awards. Picture: Gregg Porteous Source: News Limited
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Thirty-four Essendon players from their 2012 squad have been given show-cause notices by ASADA over their supplements saga, and speculation continues that Cronulla will be next.
Gallen is trying to push the saga to one side as he prepares to lead NSW in a bid to end Queensland's eight-year series reign on Wednesday night at ANZ Stadium.
Paul Gallen trains with NSW in Coffs Harbour. Picture: Gregg Porteous Source: News Corp Australia
"Put it this way, I would have had another kid by now if this wasn't going on. So it's been horrendous, it's been disgraceful," Gallen said.
"It has impacted lives. I know we have had players medicated, we have had staff and officials who have been hospitalised. It's terrible, it's terrible. I don't think any of the players aren't worried about it. I didn't watch The Footy Show last week but I think a couple of guys got on there and spoke about some mental health issues.
Paul Gallen has opened up on the ASADA scandal. Picture: Gregg Porteous Source: News Corp Australia
Paul Gallen trains with the Blues. Picture: Gregg Porteous Source: News Corp Australia
"It made me shake my head. I think the NRL has had the biggest (mental health) in history right under its nose and basically done nothing about it. That's very, very frustrating for me because what I have seen some young guys go through the past 17 or 18 months has been disgraceful. They're still going through it and, as I say, we still don't know what's going on.
"I will go into it one day. I am not going to go into it now. As I said, some very young guys, what they have had to go through, has been too much. As far as I am concerned there has been very little help."
Gallen said he has personally intervened in an attempt to bring the ongoing dispute to a head. "Last year was so intense with it all and this year it seems to come up every couple of weeks," he said.
Paul Gallen down injured in Origin II. Picture: Darren England Source: News Corp Australia
"This is as honest an answer as I can give. From day one, from the time Cronulla got brought into it, which was a week or so after that press conference, I don't know anything.
"Nothing has changed for me. I have been told to turn up to a meeting. I turned up at that meeting. Other than that I don't know anything."
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Each day passes and the frustration increases for Gallen, who says the investigation "has just become a part of life".
"Every time it comes up, I just wait for the next phone call or the cameras to be in my face," he said. "Because at the end of the day no one is worried about some of the lesser-named players at Cronulla. They're concerned about me, which has been the most frustrating thing from day one."
The NRL on Monday responded to Gallen's claims. "NRL welfare and education officials have met with the Sharks players many times and offered counselling support. As recently as last week the NRL offered assistance to deal with any anxiety among the Sharks players," a spokesman said.
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