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Ben Cousins
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Career Snapshot |
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DOB:
30th Jun 1978 |
Career
Games |
238 |
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Debut:
1996 |
Career Goals |
206 |
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From:
East Fremantle |
West Coast
Games |
238 |
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Height:
179 cm |
Weight:
80 kg |
West Coast
Goals |
206 |
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The former Captain of the West Coast Eagles, Ben Cousins is a dynamic midfielder who still leads from the front. Even when the rest of the team is down Cousins will often be out there running hard and getting the ball. Not quite in the category of the AFL elite such as Brisbane's Michael Voss, Cousins is still one of the premier midfielders in the competition, the only real criticism of his play would be a somewhat dodgy disposal.
At the end of the 2004 season it appeared that Cousins had relinquished his role as the Eagles premier midfielder to the up and coming talents of Chris Judd, but the resulting freedom that opposition clubs thus allowed him enabled the Eagles captain to shine at his absolute brightest in season 2005. Cousins took out the Brownlow Medal along with a number of other awards as he returned to the form he showed in the earlier years of the decade. Hard working, hard running and mostly good skills gained him the All-Australian vice captaincy in what was probably Cousins's best season yet in a stellar career.
Cousins was stripped of the Eagles captaincy after the infamous Booze Bus incident before the start of the 2006 season, however he continued to play well all season, and still provided on field leadership to his team mates, ending the season as one of the West Coast premiership players. Unfortunately though, Cousins again fell off the rails during the off season, and was suspended by the club indefinitely while he seeked treatment for a drug problem in the United States. Brought in from the cold in the latter part of the season, Cousins stood up to play some outstanding football; if he can stay out of trouble he should be better for a full run in 2008.
- Well so much for staying out of trouble - |
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| Career Honours |
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1995: Picked up under father/son rule.
1996: Norwich Rising Star winner.
1998: 50th AFL game.
1998: West Coast Eagles Club Champion Runner Up.
1998: AFL All Australian Selection (Forward Pocket).
1999: 3rd West Coast Eagles Club Champion.
1999: AFL All Australian Selection (Forward Pocket).
1999: AFL Goal of the Year.
1999: International Rules Series.
2000: 100th AFL game.
2001: West Coast Eagles Club Co-Captain with Dean Kemp.
2001: West Coast Eagles Club Champion.
2001: AFL All Australian Selection (Forward Pocket).
2002: West Coast Eagles Club Champion.
2002: AFL All Australian Selection (Rover).
2002-05: West Coast Eagles Club Captain.
2003: 150th AFL game and West Coast Eagles Life Membership.
2003: West Coast Eagles Club Champion.
2003: West Coast Eagles Player of the Finals.
2005: 200th AFL game.
2005: AFL Grand Final Team Member.
2005: West Coast Eagles Club Champion.
2005: Brownlow Medallist.
2005: AFL Players' Association Most Valuable Player.
2005: EFH Player of the Year.
2005: AFL All Australian Selection (Rover & Vice Captain).
2006: West Coast Eagles Team 20 (Rover).
2006: AFL Premiership Player.
2006: 3rd West Coast Eagles Club Champion.
2006: AFL All Australian Selection (Rover).
2008: Selected in the Pre Season Draft, Pick 6 (Richmond). |
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| Career Statistics
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| A lot
of thanks are due to other people for the stats on this
page. For all games from 1993-2002, thanks to Paul
at AFL Stats http://stats.rleague.com/afl/afl_index.html.
For the 1987-1992 stats, much thanks to carneagles
for providing me a copy of the stats created for corkintheocean,
probably the best footy blog out there. Go read it! |
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