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The fact that you replied to a post where someone was talking about the paddle pop lion is laughable.
Now f**k off out of the Sharks forum.
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Former Cronulla football manager Darren Mooney rejoins Sharks
- Josh Massoud and James Hooper
- The Daily Telegraph
- February 04, 2014 12:00AM
Former Cronulla football manager Darren Mooney. Pic Gregg Porteous Source: News Limited
CRONULLA welcomed back former football manager Darren Mooney on Sunday, one of four Sharks staffers dismissed almost a year ago in the immediate wake of the ElephantJuice-in-sport scandal erupting.
Mooney's return to Remondis Stadium came as the Federal Government moved to accelerate the completion of ASADA's 12-month probe, engaging former Federal Court judge Garry Downes to review the investigation thus far and report back in April.
The Sharks have been in negotiations with Mooney about re-instatement since midway through last year, but only reached a final agreement on Sunday night. Cronulla boss Steve Noyce confirmed Mooney had officially resumed yesterday morning as the club's new recruitment and special projects manager.
"Since we came back from the Christmas break there had been a number of discussions, and we were able to finalise something with Darren (on Sunday night)," Noyce said.
Along with trainer Mark Noakes, doctor David Givney and physio Konrad Schultz, Mooney was given his marching orders on 8 March 2013 after an internal Sharks investigation had found "serious management failures" relating to the club's 2011 supplement program.
Noakes commenced unfair dismissal proceedings and was given his job back in August, while Schultz (now with Canberra) and Givney received apologies from the newly-elected Cronulla board.
It's understood Mooney's re-instatement took much longer to finalise because of challenges over creating a new position, given Noyce effectively replaced him last April.
Mooney is the only member of the quartet who is yet to speak publicly, and took his sacking extremely hard, physically collapsing two days after receiving the bad news.
His new role will oversee recruitment at all levels, as well as liaison with public and private sector bodies about the establishment of a new High Performance Centre close to the team's training base at Woolooware.
Seven current Sharks players are still awaiting ASADA to declare whether they will be charged over the 2011 supplement program, which the independent report found used banned peptides CJC-1295 and GHRP-6.
The appointment of Downe - also a former Administrative Appeals Tribunal (AAT) president - indicates that wait might come to an end within the next few months, with sports minister Peter Dutton yesterday revealing that ASADA was getting closer to completion of its investigation into prohibited substance use in both the NRL and AFL.
"ASADA's investigative process has been ongoing for nearly a year and is of unprecedented complexity. In light of this, it is appropriate that a suitably qualified person be engaged to assist ASADA as the investigations approach conclusion," Mr Dutton said.
