7th Tackle: Sharks settle peptides lawsuits

It’s court settlement season at Cronulla right now.

Hot on the heels of Todd Carney receiving a pay-out to drop his unfair dismissal lawsuit last week, we can reveal the Sharks have also reached settlements with three of the nine ex-players who sued over the 2011 supplements program.

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The first and highest profile litigant was winger Isaac Gordon, who woke with deep and unsightly bruising after being given an unknown substance midway through the season.

Gordon’s father yesterday confirmed his son had reached a settlement with the Sharks earlier this year.

“It wasn’t much – barely a year’s wages for an average bloke,” Gordon Snr said.

He also said ex-forwards Josh Cordoba and Broderick Wright had struck agreements to drop their claims.

Indeed, the NSW District Court yesterday listed all three cases as ‘CLOSED’ yesterday.

But the cases of seven other players who sued – Paul Aiton, Ben Pomeroy, Nathan Gardner, Dean Collis, Stewart Mills and Albert Kelly – all remain ‘OPEN’ and listed for a directions hearing on 6 November.

Sharks CEO Lyall Gorman did not respond to our enquiries yesterday.