Sharks doctor Dave Givney wants his job back LAWYERS for sacked Cronulla doctor Dave Givney have approached the club asking for him to be reinstated as soon as possible. The approach was made a week ago and happened before an email from Givney to Sharks coach Shane Flanagan questioning the practices of former consultant and sports scientist Stephen Dank was made public yesterday. Dank worked at Cronulla for nearly three months during 2011, during which time it has been alleged supplements were given to players - sometimes via injections - to help with recovery in between weekly matches and from injuries. He has denied any wrongdoing. The email exchange was contained in an independent report compiled by Tricia Kavanagh, a former ASADA board member who was hired by the Sharks to conduct an internal review into goings-on in 2011. Large chunks of that report, which is in the hands of both the NRL and ASADA, have been leaked to the media. But Givney's lawyers said the emerging details only vindicated his position. And he wants his job back. "We're hoping he'll have a good outcome that won't necessitate proceedings being instituted (for wrongful dismissal)," Givney's lawyer Sam Macedone said yesterday. Interim chief executive at the Sharks Bruno Cullen left for China on Monday for a pre-arranged family visit. So no word on Givney's reinstatement is likely until his return. Macedone confirmed the authenticity of the email Givney sent to Flanagan on April 6, 2011. This led to a meeting at the Sharks leagues club on April 7 involving Dank, Givney, former head trainer Trent Elkin (now with Parramatta), football manager Darren Mooney and physiotherapist Konrad Shultz. Mooney and Shultz were sacked the same day as Givney and head trainer Mark Noakes on March 8 this year for withholding details of the supplements program from the Cronulla board. "I don't think anyone has ever said or showed anything that would indicate he had any knowledge of any wrongdoing," Macedone said. He suspected that whatever was happening shouldn't be happening by non-medical staff. That was why he raised his voice. He certainly had no knowledge of peptides or growth hormone stimulants. He simply knew that practices going on should only be given by a doctor. He was angry he was kept in the dark about it. That's what prompted the email. Yesterday, an extract from Givney's email to Flanagan was published in News Limited newspapers: "I spoke to Steve Danks (sic) last night. He said he was shocked that I had any concerns about his activities, assured me that he held the medical profession in the highest regard and blamed Konrad (Schultz) for not telling me what was going on. Flanagan thanked Givney in a reply email and added he would end Dank's involvement. Dank remained at Cronulla until the end of May. Macedone said that, despite the ongoing saga, Givney still wanted to continue his 25-year association with the Sharks. "I've invited them to reconsider their position and told them why I think they should," Macedone said. It's now a question for the club to make a decision. It's pretty obvious from what we've been hearing in the last few days that it's unexplainable why Dr Givney got the chop. NRL chief executive Dave Smith yesterday did not want to buy into the string of details being drip-fed through the media. "The Kavanagh report is now part of a wider ASADA investigation and we must leave its contents with ASADA at this stage," he said. We are not going into any of the details being publicised from the report because it would be entirely inappropriate to do so. The course of action is that ASADA is the proper authority to conduct this investigation and should they provide sufficient evidence for us to issue an infraction notice then we will do so.