Whakarāpopototia te tuhinga:  E ai ki ngā pūrongo, kua hopukina te whetū o mua o AFL a Ben Cousins i te pō nei mō te taraiwa pōhara, me te kore e whakaae ki te whakamātautau manawa i muri i te whai a te pirihimana. I pūrongo te Western Australian i te 36-tau te pakeke i te mea i te taraiwa rewera i roto i te taone o Bicton o Perth tata ki te 10.30pm i te po o te Wenerei i te wa i ngana ai te pirihimana ki te whakamutu ia ia. Kāore ia i whakaae ki te whakamutu i a ia e haere ana i te huarahi o Preston Point, ā, i haere tonu ia i te tere tere i a ia e rere ana i ngā rama whero. Panuku ki raro mō te ataata. Ko te whetu o mua o AFL a Ben Cousins kua whakapae kua hopukina i te po mo te taraiwa tupato. Ko te āhua nei i kore ngā whanaunga e whakamutu i te pirihimana, ā, i haere tonu rātau i te tere iti i a rātau e rere ana i ngā rama whero. I korerotia e te toa o Brownlow ki nga pirihimana na roto i te waea waea i muri mai kaore i taea e ia te whakamutu na te mea he ohorere o te whanau. Kātahi ka mauheretia ia i te rohe tata o Mosman Park. Kua whakawakia a Cousins mō te taraiwa pōhēhē, te kore tū, me te kore tuku i tētahi tauira manawa. Ko te kaitākaro AFL o mua he hītori pai-tuhi o ngā mahi kino i waho o te mara tae atu ki te whakamahinga tarukino whakangahau me ngā whiunga waka. Kua tukuna ia ki te whare herehere, ā, ka puta ia ki te marae o Fremantle i te 8 o Aperira, e ai ki te Herald Sun. He 270 kēmu a Cousins i tana mahi mo te West Coast Eagles o Perth me te Richmond Tigers o Melbourne. Ko te kaitākaro AFL o mua he hītori pai o ngā mahi kino i waho o te mara, tae atu ki te whakamahinga tarukino whakangahau me ngā whiunga waka. E pouri ana matou kaore matou e whakaae ana ki nga korero mo tenei tuhinga.
Ko te kaitakaro AFL o mua a Ben Cousins kua whakapae kua hopukina i te po nei. Kua whakawakia te 36-tau-tau mo te taraiwa tupato. I whakawakia hoki mo te kore e mutu me te kore e hoatu he tauira manawa. Kua tukuna ia ki te marae o Fremantle i te 8 o Aperira.