NRL and Cronulla Sharks will meet next week to discuss turmoil
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Cronulla Sharks will meet next week to discuss turmoilFox Sports, AustraliaBy staff writers The
NRL board has denied reports that it was to meet with
Cronulla powerbrokers on Friday as the beleaguered Sharks try to put a week of turmoil behind them. A statement from league headquarters denied reports that the crisis talks had
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NRL and Cronulla Sharks will meet next week to discuss turmoil
By staff writers
May 22, 2009
The NRL board has denied reports that it was to meet with Cronulla powerbrokers on Friday as the beleaguered Sharks try to put a week of turmoil behind them.
A statement from league headquarters denied reports that the crisis talks had gone ahead with a date early next week likely to determine the fate of the club.
The Sharks' future in the competition hangs by a thread in the wake of another explosive week.
Gallop called an urgent meeting with Cronulla's board in an attempt to arrest the Sharks demise.
The NRL demanded a full report from the club by noon on Friday detailing all aspects of termination settlement with a female employee last year following another unwanted front-page headline on Thursday.
Cronulla asked for an extension of that time line and are now expected to deliver that on Monday morning.
A Fairfax media report said the financially embattled club had paid $20,000 to former community liaison officer Jenny Hall, who was accidentally hit in the face by Sharks chief executive Tony Zappia.
Zappia has previously said the incident on August 9 last year was an accident and he was simply shadow boxing.
A please explain will also be sought for Wednesday's revelation that former Test forward Reni Maitua had failed a drugs test.
Gallop said he didn't think the latest setback for the club would spell the end of the Sharks but admitted they had tough times ahead.