And now, a follow-up on the ongoing saga in Perth…
For those of you in the land down under who made bets on Ben Cousins getting over his little drug problem and getting back on the field by May, start saving up now. Cousins is in denial worse than Britney Spears.
The 28-year-old, who has been suspended indefinitely by the Eagles, has continued to behave erratically and also has resisted attempts by the club to make a public statement about the severity of his health crisis.
Although the Eagles hierarchy has made it clear to Cousins that he will not be allowed back to the club until he fully accepts his addiction to the methamphetamine “ice”, and seeks rehabilitation, the 2005 Brownlow medallist as recently as the weekend remained determined he could beat his drug problem without full-time medical and psychiatric help.
Damn, he’s hooked on meth? That’s an Australian episode of Playmakers. He’ll be having flashbacks to his booze bus chase that will have him running from his dog twice a week by the time he’s 40.
He may not be the only one, either. It appears that another West Coast Eagle player, Daniel Kerr, was caught on tape four years ago talking to a convicted drug dealer. You can listen to ABC Sport’s audio report here, but to summarize, at one point, the drug dealer said something about Cousins having a “bag of fucking horse chaffe,” and Kerr sounded positively giddy. “The stakes have been raised!”, he proclaimed.
“Horse chaffe” refers to Ketamine, a strong sedative given to horses and television doctors that Peter King likes. Just to be clear: Ben Cousins and Daniel Kerr were taking horse sedatives for recreational purposes. Seriously, how are these men still alive? how are the Eagles going to put this massive distraction behind them before their Friday clash with the Sydney Swans?
More importantly, though, how fast can you Aussies put a torrent of that Swans-Eagles match online? BitTorrent is pretty much the only way for me to watch AFL games in America this year, so I’m counting on you footy fans to hook me up. Don’t let me down, okay?
(Big thanks to the vainglorious duo over at With Leather for coming up with the “North Perth Forty” tagline for this story. I wish I had thought of that.)
15 responses so far ↓
1 The Drunk Kansan Sports » Leftovers: CHB Unleashed! // Mar 27, 2007 at 4:03 pm
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2 Joe Greenlight // Mar 27, 2007 at 4:48 pm
There is a way to hack BigPond for archived AFL streams. I’m doing it now with NRL matches, holla if you want info.
3 Chris // Mar 28, 2007 at 11:09 am
Wow, and I thought it was just coke, ice is a whole different story. Special K’s not so bad though, so I think Kerr’s ok, he’ll just sort of crumpe up in a big k-hole on the half forward line and the Swans can beat the living bejesus out of the coked out, meth junkie weagles.
4 The Drunk Kansan Sports » AUSSIE RULES FOOTBALL IS DRUGTACULAR // Mar 28, 2007 at 11:56 am
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5 nospam // Mar 29, 2007 at 5:00 am
Rumour has it…….
I was speaking to a guy today who was with Sammy NEWMAN and I got the
lowdown over Ben COUSINS. Sam said that last week Ben COUSINS’ ex
girlfriend went to West Coast player Andrew EMBLEY’s joint trying to find
where COUSINS was living. EMBLEY who is one of COUSINS’ best mate claimed
he didn’t know. EMBLEY’s girlfriend was there and told COUSINS’ girlfriend
that EMBLEY knew and was lying. EMBLEY wimped it and said that COUSINS
was living with Daniel CHICK. EMBLEY agreed to drive both girls to CHICK’s
address. When they get there they find CHICK and COUSINS in the raw with
about 6 other girls and a table full of cocaine. CHICK cracked it with
EMBLEY for bringing the girls around when he was supposed to keep the
address a secret so he starts punching into EMBLEY. EMBLEY’s missus starts
punching into CHICK. COUSINS’ girlfriend grabs the cocaine and throws about
$20,000.00 worth out the window. She then starts punching into the tarts
walking around with nothing on. COUSINS is lying on the floor stoned off
his head. COUSINS’ girlfriend rings the club and the rest is history.
Sammy said that The Footy Show has offered $50,000.00 to Brian COUSINS who
is an ex Geelong player and teamate of Sammy to appear with his son on the
show tonight. It will be interesting if they take up the offer. It seems
Daniel CHICK is on the gear also.
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7 Nat // Apr 6, 2007 at 9:15 pm
Better get a lawyer son.
Better get a good one.
8 kevin // Apr 12, 2007 at 7:52 pm
I did alcohol and other drugs for 25 years and have been clean/sober 10 years Anzac Day. What a load of cocky crap that Mr Cousins has to go all the way to uncle sam land to get out of his ego driven trip. He bought/got the drugs in Australia, he shared with Australians, gee he is Australian, Whatever happened to supporting Australian products ? There are plenty of Drug and Alcohol Rehabilitation Services that could assist Ben to get off his ‘habit’. Better still, get him to email me (for a price) and I will tell him how to get over HIS problem. I will donate the $s to a Drug and Alcohol Service, after my cut, that he and his minders dont think are good enough to assist him.
9 Hotdog // Apr 18, 2007 at 7:01 pm
My suggestion for the Eagles team song in light of current events
Hey Weasels
Hey Weasels
We’re flinging shit …
We’re flinging shit …
We’re the Weasels – the West Coast Weasels
And we’re here to show you why
We’re the big turds, Kings of the sledge game
We’re the Weasels, We’re high on drugs!
10 steve // Apr 20, 2007 at 9:37 pm
how do you watch footy on alf.com if not with big pond?
11 Anaximander // Jun 5, 2007 at 7:48 pm
““Horse chaffe” refers to Ketamine, a strong sedative given to horses and television doctors that Peter King likes. Just to be clear: Ben Cousins and Daniel Kerr were taking horse sedatives for recreational purposes.”
Well gee, I’ve sure never heard of anyone taking drugs meant for animals for recreation. PCP, Soma, and ESPECIALLY Ketamine, which you so ignorantly scoff at, are all used in much greater numbers in the drug-experimenting population than you’d think. Sure, most people are smart enough not to take PCP, but Ketamine is an incredible dissasociative hallucinogenic. Too bad it’s addictive.
12 danielle // Oct 11, 2007 at 6:13 am
i thinkk he is soooo sexc! he is im guessin best lo0king playing in h0le of AFL. h0w can u n0tt loveeee him.
13 lyn // Oct 17, 2007 at 9:29 am
Yes he is so very hot, but so very tragic also. Its all very well for those of us who are drug free (and how many of us are truly drug free? ) to pass judgement, but walk a mile in their shoes, & things may look somewhat different from the other side.This generation lives in a completely different culture to previous generations, and there is no way that anyone in their right mind , should have expected that four weeks ( Malibu or anywhere else for that matter) in re-hab would “fix” Bens problem. Even though he has been sacked from the club,which at this point is probably the right thing to do, for Ben and the club, with the promise of the clubs continued support ( and it goes without saying that his family will never give up on him) he will make a full recovery. Here in W.A. we adore him, he is a brilliant mid-fielder, who had a brlliant future, lets not give up on him now. We dont turn our backs on people diagnosed with diabetes, cancer or heart disease… this could be your kids one day, or your grandkids. This,I’m afraid is the world we live in.
14 anon // Oct 18, 2007 at 8:56 am
my brother was also an uprising afl player who chose drugs over his football career.he now has schizophenia and my parents have been through hell,to Bens family and the west coast footy club lets get him well and healthy it is a cruel disease ,forget his footy career he is someones son,brother,grandson, uncle and friend.My heart goes out to his family and they should target the drug dealers who dont do drugs just want the money these are the bad and evil of society he is the victim.Oh yes he was weak for a moment but it is an illness.Before people judge Ben it could be someone you know someone close to your heart. It is an illness. All the best to Ben and his family lets hope that Ben can beat the evil that are in our society.My blessings are with you and your family
15 annon and beyond // Jan 10, 2008 at 9:03 am
I just found this, 3 months too late. Its hillarious. Ketamine… bad bad stuff. ice…. really just media hype. Been around for ages and everyones tried it. fuck it. he’s a footy player misbehaving. Thats all. Addiction to drugs? maybe…. i reckon its more a lifestyle thing.
The game will live on, its spoiled little brats who cant handle their lives will die off. Thank fuck. Its really just a sign that they have too much money for their own good. The rest of us could spend it alot better and still function.