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TITANS hall of fame member Mat Rogers has rubbished the Gold Coast's reputation as a drug capital and says cocaine was "around" far more during his career in Sydney.
Rogers told The Courier-Mail that drugs were more prevalent when he was based in Sydney, playing for Cronulla and the NSW Waratahs, than they were during his four seasons at the Titans.
Rogers loves the Titans and said it was a cultural issue at the club rather than the city of Gold Coast that may be behind the Titans' cocaine allegations.
Titans player Dave Taylor at the Southport Police Station with his lawyer Campbell McCallum. Picture Glenn Hampson Source: News Corp Australia
"I'll go on record as saying that I was around it, as in hearing stuff about it, more in Sydney than I was up here," Rogers said.
"It is not a Gold Coast thing, it is a culture thing.
"If you are a professional sportsman then there is a certain element of society that will get around you.
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"You have to be strong and remember you are a professional athlete."
Rogers played for the Sharks from 1995 to 2001 and then the NSW Waratahs from 2002 to 2006 before becoming an inaugural Titan.
The son of league great Steve, Rogers had an outstanding career, playing 200 NRL games, eight State of Origins for Queensland and 11 Test matches.
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He is gutted that the club has been put through another scandal but backed the current administration to sort the mess out.
"This is just sad. It is not looking great is it?" Rogers said.
"The club administratively is at its strongest but from a player behaviour point of view it is at its lowest.
"They can survive. In six months' time, they can be winning football again. Time heals everything.
"In the early days at the Titans we had a very strong culture within the club.
"People got comfortable. When things go wrong at the top, it filters down.
"Some players get their nose out of joint when things are wrong at the top and they think well if they are doing that then we can do this.
"Neil Henry is starting to get the culture going again though which is why I think administratively they are moving in the right direction.
Gold Coast Titans player Greg Bird reports to Southport Police Station to be fingerprinted. Picture Glenn Hampson Source: News Corp Australia
"They are bearing the brunt of poor decisions last year and previous years."
The NRL has also backed the current board with chief executive Graham Annesley and the board members maintaining their positions under the new NRL ownership.
NRL chief Dave Smith also confirmed player and staff contracts would be carried over to the new entity.
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