Whakarāpopototia te tuhinga:  Ko te whetu o mua o AFL a Ben Cousins i mahue i te kooti me te ataata whakapehapeha i runga i tona mata i muri i te ata i noho i roto i nga mekameka me te pupuri a te pirihimana i mua i tana aroaro ki te kooti. I ataata a Cousins i a ia e wehe ana i te Kooti Kai-whakawa o Fremantle, ahakoa i kiia ia e te Kai-whakawa he 'raru ki te iwi' me te whakatupato ia ia e anga atu ana ia ki te herehere mo nga hara 'nui' i mahia e ia. 'Kāore he mea nui mēnā ko koe a Mother Theresa, Jack the Ripper rānei,' i kī te Kai-whakawa a Steven Malley ki a Cousins i te kōti i te Rāhoroi, e ai ki te ABC News. 'Ka mahia e koe aua hara, ā, e ai ki te ture me haere koe ki te whare herehere. 'E whakaae ana ahau kei a koe ngā take engari kāore e taea e au te tuku i te iwi whānui kia whakawehi.' Panuku ki raro mō te ataata. Ko te whetu o mua o AFL a Ben Cousins e herea ana i a ia e tae ana ki te kooti i te Rāpare, 24 haora i muri i tana kore i aro atu ki tetahi kaiwhakawa mo nga whakapae taraiwa. I runga i te ataata a Ben Cousins, he kaitākaro o mua o te AFL, e wehe ana i te marae o Fremantle i Perth i te Rāhoroi. I tuku a Cousins i a ia ki te pirihimana i muri i te kore o te aroaro o te kooti mo nga whakapae waka. I whakaarohia kia tae atu a Cousins ki te kooti ki te aro atu ki nga whakapae mo te taraiwa poauau i te ata o te Wenerei engari kaore ia i tae mai. Ko tana roia a Adain Craus i tu hei māngai māna i te wā o te hui, ā, i kī te rangatira o mua o te West Coast Eagles he tūtakitanga hauora taupatupatu. I whakahau te kaiwhakawa i a Cousins kia whakaputa i ngā taunakitanga ā-tuhi mō ngā whakataunga e tautohetohe ana i mua i te 4pm WST, kāore rānei e tukuna he mana hopu. I tukuna te whakahau hopu, ā, i te ata o te Rāhoroi, ka tuku atu te whetū o mua o AFL, a Cousins i te tari pirihimana o Fremantle. E ai ki ngā pūrongo ka tū pea ia ki te marae āpōpō i te Rāpare. I mauheretia te 2005 Brownlow medalist i te Poutu-te-rangi 11 i muri i te whakapae i arahi i nga pirihimana i te tere tere mai i Bicton ki Mosman Park. I te mutunga ka tae atu a Cousins ki te kooti, ka kii te Kai-whakawa Malley ki a Cousins ko tana whakatau kia kaua e tu ki mua ko te mea he, i te whakatau kua whai a Cousins i te tohutohu 'kore whakaaro nui' a tana roia, a Mr Craus. 'I te wā e noho ana koe i runga i te herenga kei raro koe i tētahi herenga...
Ko Ben Cousins, 36, kua tuku ia ia ki te tari pirihimana o Fremantle. I tukuna he mana hopu i te rā i mua ake nei i muri i tana kore haere ki te kōti. I tukuna a Cousins ki te whare herehere mō tētahi whakapae i te whai a te pirihimana i a ia i te 11 o Maehe. E whakawakia ana mō te taraiwa pōhara, te kore e tū, me te kore whakaae ki te whakamātautau manawa. Kua whai wāhi a Cousins ki tētahi raupapa o ngā tūtukitanga whakamataku i roto i ngā wiki kua taha ake nei nā reira i mau ai ia ki te hōhipera mō ngā whakamātautau hauora hinengaro.