Cronulla Sharks general manager Steve Noyce set to become club's point of contact for ASADA drugs investigation Cronulla players (l-r) Michael Gordon, Anthony Tupou, Andrew Fifita and Chris Heighington after the loss to Parramatta. AN impassioned plea from Cronulla players has seen the club's new general manager, Steve Noyce, absorb more responsibility for the ASADA investigation. After witnessing the mental and emotional toll on the team in the immediate aftermath of Saturday night's loss to Parramatta, Noyce has spent the past 48 hours trying to devise a way to relieve the load on players until their ASADA interviews are scheduled. News Limited understands several Sharks players reached breaking point and vented their concerns in the dressing rooms, where Noyce and other officials were watching on with extreme concern. The outburst saw coach Shane Flanagan speak candidly about the investigation's toll and later label skipper Paul Gallen a "wreck." It's understood the 14 players wanted for interview are consumed with the uncertainty surrounding their fate and cannot properly concentrate on football. Some are so rattled they would almost prefer an outcome - albeit an adverse one - than deal with the continued cloud of suspicion that's tainting their reputation. Noyce was made aware of their feelings and responded straight away, fronting at work on Sunday morning to gain further information from player representatives and lawyers. Until now ASADA has made direct contact with the players, bypassing the club and communicating with their legal representatives. But Noyce is now trying to position himself in between, to become a sole point of contact in a bid to lessen the number of meetings and briefings that are effectively destroying the team's preparation. "I told players that I would come in (on Sunday) and start that process," Noyce said. I need to accept responsibility for this on behalf of the club and understand the process. I'd only been in the role 3 1/2 days before the game, so I have a lot of questions to ask. I spent Sunday speaking with a lot of people involved in this. The best decisions will come out of gathering as much information as we can. The fact Cronulla haven't boasted an official capable of handling the ASADA investigation since it was launched two months ago is an indictment on the club's threadbare resources. As a result, the players and coaching staff have been brutally exposed to every development and have few mental reserves to focus on football. Several meetings have been scheduled since ASADA distributed the interview notices to their lawyers several weeks ago, but no players have been formally spoken to. As revealed last week, lawyers are still seeking clarification over what level of "reasonable assistance" players must provide to ASADA and could even seek a Supreme Court injunction to postpone the interviews until they are certain.