Dragons boss steps down after Brett Finch saga

Craig Young has stepped down from his presumption connected St George Illawarra's board.

Young was past week embroiled successful contention erstwhile it was revealed helium used nine letterhead to constitute a quality notation for Brett Finch, who was successful tribunal facing charges relating to a kid enactment carriage service.

"I person this day advised my colleagues of the committee of the St George Illawarra Dragons of my determination to basal down arsenic a manager of the nine immediately," helium said successful a nine statement.

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Dean Young and Craig Young airs for a photograph aft the 2010 NRL Grand Final. (Getty)

"I judge it is successful the champion interests of the nine – the interests I person ever proudly sought to enactment for and positively represent.

"I judge this is the due action, fixed my idiosyncratic determination to supply a idiosyncratic notation connected authoritative letterhead, for which I person already apologised (in an earlier statement).

"I regret my mistake successful judgement to supply the notation connected letterhead, astatine the petition of ineligible representatives.

"I bash not regret my determination to supply a quality notation for a long-time household person arsenic to his quality and behaviour, anterior to a damaging addiction."

Brett Finch could beryllium successful information down bars, his lawyer has argued. (AAP)

WIN CEO Andrew Lancaster volition present measurement into the relation of chairman, a presumption helium was scheduled to instrumentality up successful November arsenic portion of the associated task agreement.

Finch, who played 270 NRL matches and represented New South Wales, is awaiting sentencing after pleading blameworthy to 1 number of utilizing a carriage work to transmit, people oregon beforehand kid abuse worldly successful August.

In a missive to the District Court judge, Young wrote that Finch was a "highly decent young man."

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