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St George Illawarra chairman Craig Young has announced he will stand down from his position at the club immediately following the fallout from a reference letter he wrote on company letterhead in support of disgraced former NRL player Brett Finch.
Finch plead guilty in August to using a sex hotline to share child abuse material and will be sentenced on November 23.
“I have this afternoon advised my colleagues of the board of the St George Illawarra Dragons of my decision to stand down as a director of the club immediately,” Young said.
“I believe it is in the best interests of the club – the interests I have always proudly sought to work for and positively represent.
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“I believe this is the appropriate action, given my individual decision to provide a personal reference on official letterhead, for which I have already apologised.
“I regret my error in judgement to provide the reference on letterhead, at the request of legal representatives.
“I do not regret my decision to provide a character reference for a long-time family friend as to his character and behaviour, prior to a damaging addiction.”
WIN TV chief executive Andrew Lancaster is set to become chairman as he was due to take over as the Steelers’ appointee in November as part of the joint venture club’s alternating chairmanship arrangement.
Young played 234 games for the Dragons between 1977-1988, and was formally named as club chairman last November.
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