28 years of service end in devastation for sacked Cronulla Sharks doctor David Givney Former deputy chair of the Australian Sports Anti-Drug Agency (ASADA) Tricia Kavanagh speaks to the media at Shark Park on March 8, 2013 in Sydney, Australia. HAVING been told he was no longer needed after 28 years of dedicated service to Cronulla, Dr David Givney could only lament his loss. "When you're old you've only got your integrity and today they've taken that away from me," he said last night. Givney was speaking from a sombre meeting with suspended head coach Shane Flanagan, who gathered the quartet of dismissed employees at his Barden Ridge house. The five were told of their fate about 5pm yesterday by Sharks director Peter Kerr. "I'm just very sad," Givney said. In fact, I'm beyond sad. In my 28 years at the club I never had a contract. I just used to do handshake deals with (club great and former CEO) Steve Rogers and go again the next year. He would be rolling in his grave over this. The club refused to give any reason for the dismissal because he was not a full-time employee. At last night's media conference, Dr Tricia Kavanagh, who recommended the sackings after her investigation, was grilled about Givney's role. Kavanagh's review centred on the three-month period in early 2011 when the club employed sports scientist Stephen Dank, which is also the focus of ASADA's concerns. Givney has been credited for raising the alarm about Dank's methods and pushing for his exit and that's why there was confusion over his axing at last night's press conference. When pressed about Givney, Kavanagh agreed he had raised concerns over Dank but eventually included him in the club's "management failures." With his reputation on the line, Givney could not have disagreed more. "I have my own practice and reputation and that's now been tarnished," Givney said. I've also worked for NSW and Australia. Do you think they're going to hire me again after this? I know what I did was right and when they interviewed me a few weeks ago they even thanked me. Givney's final role at the Sharks was to conduct final pre-season cognition tests yesterday. He received text messages from most of the players and an impassioned phone call from skipper Paul Gallen. "It's not my style to criticise others and it's not the best to comment when you're sad," he said. But at no stage do I feel as though I've done anything wrong.