Whakarāpopototia te tuhinga:  Kua puta he whakahau hopu mo te kaitākaro AFL o mua, a Ben Cousins, i muri i tana korenga i te aroaro o te kooti o Perth mo nga hara waka. Kua tukuna a Cousins, 36, ki te whare herehere, ā, i whakaritea kia tutaki ia ki te marae o Fremantle i te ata o te Wenerei, engari kāore ia i tae mai. I kii tana roia ko te rangatira o mua o te West Coast Eagles he tautohetohe nga whakaritenga hauora, a i kii ia he whakaahua o te tuhinga, engari ko te kooti e hiahia ana ki te kape pepa. 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. Panuku ki raro mō te ataata. Ko Ben Cousins, 36, he hītori o te whakamahinga o te raau taero, kua puta i nga upoko korero i nga wa maha i roto i nga wiki e rua kua hipa i muri i te raupapa o nga kaupapa whakapae. I hopukina te toa toa o Brownlow i te tau 2005 i te 11 o Maehe i muri i te whakapae i arahi i te pirihimana i te whai tere iti mai i Bicton ki Mosman Park. I whakawakia ia mo te taraiwa poauau, te kore e mutu, me te kore whakaae ki te whakamātautau manawa. I mua noa iho i te 4pm, i whakapumautia e tētahi kaikorero o te marae kua tukuna he mana hopu. 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 whakawakia ia mō te taraiwa pōhēhē, te kore e tū, me te kore whakaae ki te whakamātautau manawa. E rua ngā wā i whakahaeretia ai a Cousins ki te hōhipera mō ngā aromatawai hauora hinengaro whai muri i tērā tūtukitanga - ko te wā tuatahi i muri i tana takahi i te haumarutanga i tētahi turanga SAS i Swanbourne. Ko te wā tuarua i whai mai i tētahi whanonga tino rerekē i Canning Vale, tae atu ki te eke ki runga i te tuanui o tētahi whare. Kāore i whakawakia te rangatira o mua o te West Coast Eagles mō ēnei take. I reti a Cousins mai i te AFL i te tau 2010. I mauheretia ia i te 11 o Maehe i muri i te kitenga o te pirihimana i a ia e taraiwa ana i Bicton, ā, i hopukina ia i ētahi taone i tawhiti atu i Mosman Park. I tākaro a Cousins i ngā kēmu e 270 ki West Coast me Richmond i tana mahi i te Rōpū Whutupaoro o Ahitereiria. Ko Ben Cousins me tana hoa o mua a Maylea Tinecheff i whakaahuatia i runga i te taupoki o te maheni New Idea i te tau 2011. I puta mai ngā pikitia...
Kua tukuna he mana hopu ki a Ben Cousins i muri i tana korenga ki te aroaro o te kooti. I tukuna a Cousins, 36, i runga i te herenga mo te whakapae o te pirihimana tere tere i te Poutu-te-rangi 11. I whakawakia ia mo te taraiwa poauau, te kore e mutu, 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.