Cousins career reads like a script from the Bold and the Beautiful meets Traffic. It has been as dramatic as it has been entertaining. No one has ever doubted Cousins' ability on the field but his off field behaviour in the past 3 years has overshadowed his on field brilliance. Let us not forget that Cousins is a premiership winning player and a brownlow medallist, but you would be forgiven for not recalling these feats in light of his drug riddled recent years.
To Cousins' credit he served his AFL suspension and was offered a lifeline by the Richmond Tigers. Whilst his comeback was hampered by an initial hamstring issue once that was resolved Cousins has been one of the Tigers' most consistent performers in the past two years. There is also no doubt that his leadership and experience have attributed to the Tigers' rise against all tipsters predictions. Hopefully Cousins can stay involved in football in some capacity as his flamboyance is intoxicating.
Ben Cousins' key statistics:
Age: 32 (30/6/78)
Teams: West Coast Eagles, Richmond Tigers
Playing Numbers: 9 for West Coast Eagles, 32 for Richmond Tigers
Games: 268 (238 for West Coast Eagles, 30 for Richmond Tigers)
Norwich Rising Star 1996
Brownlow Medallist 2005
Premiership player 2006
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