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Re: BEN COUSINS [merged]
« Reply #1470 on: March 23, 2015, 11:01:53 PM »
I know this is a crappy thing to say but if this bloke is still alive in 5 years time - it will be a bloody miracle .

Freeways, Army Barracks, Temples....been quite the farewell tour so far....
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Re: BEN COUSINS [merged]
« Reply #1471 on: March 23, 2015, 11:41:13 PM »
Meanwhile 2 young kids are wondering where their Dad is. :huh

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Re: BEN COUSINS [merged]
« Reply #1472 on: March 24, 2015, 06:56:11 AM »
I really feel for his folks ...just really feel for his folks
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Re: BEN COUSINS [merged]
« Reply #1473 on: March 24, 2015, 05:19:55 PM »
See Ben Cousin still has some pace in his legs & Daniel Kerr is really burning lately hahaha  :lol ;D

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« Reply #1474 on: March 24, 2015, 06:46:28 PM »
I really feel for his folks ...just really feel for his folks

Yep.  They don't deserve to be put through this by their son.

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Re: BEN COUSINS [merged]
« Reply #1475 on: March 24, 2015, 10:06:02 PM »
I cringe whenever our club is mentioned in his media articles or he's pictured in a Tiger jumper.
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Re: BEN COUSINS [merged]
« Reply #1476 on: March 25, 2015, 09:30:25 PM »
I really feel for his folks ...just really feel for his folks
You are lucky WP. See this regularly. Great parents tormented by drug affected children. It is so common, it is unbelievable.
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Re: BEN COUSINS [merged]
« Reply #1477 on: March 25, 2015, 10:19:38 PM »
I just hope that youngsters watching Cuz's seemingly helpless spiral of destruction are taking note of the pitfalls of taking this stuff.
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Re: BEN COUSINS [merged]
« Reply #1478 on: March 25, 2015, 10:24:10 PM »

You are lucky WP. See this regularly. Great parents tormented by drug affected children. It is so common, it is unbelievable.

Have to say that sadly that doesn't surprise me Dr YBB

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Re: BEN COUSINS [merged]
« Reply #1480 on: February 20, 2019, 08:15:08 PM »
https://www.foxsports.com.au/afl/afl-2019-full-extent-of-ben-cousins-drug-nightmare-laid-bare/news-story/2141de0a7556165183d9cedc0c4dc4a0

It's been a decade since we gave him a chance.

A sad lesson in how taking illicit drugs takes hold and destroys people's (and their family's) lives.

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Re: BEN COUSINS [merged]
« Reply #1481 on: February 20, 2019, 08:27:45 PM »
'gave him a chance'

more like recruited him to get us to finals.

sad what's going on here. hope he changes but it's hard
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Re: BEN COUSINS [merged]
« Reply #1482 on: February 20, 2019, 09:52:40 PM »
He did train well.... :shh
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Cousins to Tigers: ‘Thanks for giving us our son back’ (West Australian)
« Reply #1483 on: March 28, 2020, 03:19:28 AM »
Cousins to Tigers: ‘Thanks for giving us our son back’

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28 March 2020


Terry Wallace says he is “really interested” to watch 7’s exclusive Ben Cousins interview, after the former Richmond coach gave the troubled star an AFL lifeline back in 2009.

Speaking on SEN on Friday, Wallace recalled how Ben’s grateful father Bryan spoke to him before Cousins’ last game in 2010.

“It was a difficult time for us to make a decision whether to give (Ben) an opportunity to get back into the sport,” Wallace revealed.

“He was a much healthier person, in a much better headspace with enforced discipline in his life at Richmond.

“Ben’s dad said to the club but also to me, ‘Thanks for giving us our son back for a couple of years. We’ve been able to break bread with him. He’s more the person that we knew when he was growing up’,” Wallace recounted.

But the ex-Richmond mentor said Cousins “lost his way” when he returned to Perth after retiring from the game.

“He didn’t have the discipline of AFL football surrounding him,” Wallace said.

He also admitted he “didn’t know” if Cousins remained free from drugs during his two seasons at Tigerland, but said he remembered the star midfielder was in a “healthier position” when at the club.

“I’m not going to sit here for one second and say he was clean the whole time he was with the Richmond footy club,” he said.

“I do know he was in a lot healthier position.

“There wasn’t a time where I went to training and saw him and thought, ‘What’s happening here?’.”

Ben Cousins’ exclusive interview, Coming Clean, will air on 7News this Sunday at 7pm.

https://thewest.com.au/sport/afl/terry-wallace-reveals-familys-gratitude-after-richmond-gave-troubled-ex-eagle-ben-cousins-a-second-chance-ng-b881502003z

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Re: BEN COUSINS [merged]
« Reply #1484 on: March 30, 2020, 02:38:07 AM »
Sadly, don't see his life changing course for the better based on Basil's doco last night.
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