Cronulla Sharks interviews stymied by lawyers NRL player Wade Graham leaves his Port Hacking home yesterday. THE ASADA investigation into the Cronulla Sharks hit another hurdle yesterday when the first interview with star forward Wade Graham was abandoned during questioning. Another indefinite delay could go on for weeks because of doubts over the players' legal obligations to answer questions. Graham had not even got halfway through his interview when it was called off. The remainder of talks scheduled with a dozen of his Sharks teammates have also been postponed. Sharks general manager of football Steve Noyce confirmed there had been another enforced stoppage to the controversial drug inquiry that has dragged on since early February. "We wanted to make some progress this week," Noyce said. But it's important the players have the right legal representation and are getting the best advice. We have no idea when the talks will continue. It's indefinite. ASADA, I suspect, will have to meet with the NRL again to work out where they can go. We can only be guided by our legal advice and unfortunately they couldn't make much progress today. There has been legal debate behind the scenes for some time about the requirement of all NRL and AFL players during the interviews. The breakdown in the investigation is another blow to coach Shane Flanagan, who was hoping to have all interviews completed by the end of week. "I'm not in a position to comment on what happened today," Flanagan said. My frustrations at how this whole thing has been handled are already well documented. Yesterday's development throws more pressure on NRL CEO Dave Smith, who has personally overseen the talks with ASADA, the government and the Australian Crime Commission. Smith met with key government figures in Canberra last month to lobby for more resources to speed up the investigation. Staffing was supposed to be increased for the interviews of 31 NRL players from the Sharks, Manly and a number of other clubs. A NRL spokesman last night said: "We will talk with ASADA about the next steps but we can't comment beyond that at this stage." Cronulla's new board, elected at last week's AGM, met for the first time last night. The directors want to reinstate the four staff members sacked in the early stages of the investigation. News Limited can also reveal the seven Sharks Unity directors entered the meeting with plans to request chairman Glenn Coleman to resign. The former Sharks winger took control in March, following the resignation of former chairman Damian Irvine. Coleman was automatically re-elected at last weekend's poll because no other candidates challenged the chairmanship and is now the only non-Unity member of the board following the resignation of Craig Douglas. The future of interim CEO Bruno Cullen is also under a cloud. The NRL parachuted Cullen into the Sharks to manage fallout from the club's independent investigation into the ASADA crisis. It's understood the new board want to appoint their own administration in a bid to eliminate links with League Central.