Wallace was on SEN just before midday talking about how Cousins got to Richmond. We snuck him into Melbourne and were able to get him from the airport to the Cameron's house in Blackburn for a meeting without the media spotting them. Just as they all sat down with cups of tea, Cousins said he wanted to go to the loo. 5 ... 10... 15 ... 35 mins went by and he hadn't come back out. They didn't know whether to wait longer or knock on the door to see if he was still there. Plough even thought Cuz may have jumped through the window and done a runner. Then after 45 mins, Cousins came out and sat down as though nothing had happened and he only been in the loo for a minute or two.
Eventually, the meeting got underway and the condition put to Cuz was he had to give his whole story warts and all if the Club were to pick him up. If he hid anything then it was 'see you later'. Over the next 2 hours, Cousins laid his past all out on the table which was pretty confronting according to Plough. We didn't sign Cousins up that day but of course we eventually did recruit him. Wallace added that Cousins' family said while at Richmond, they got their son back after 'losing' him for the previous two years. The RFC and and being back in Football was good for Cousins. He had a structure to his life and they could visit and talk to him just as anyone normally would. Sadly, his life since leaving the Tigers has spiraled down and out of control again.
