Ben Cousins To Announce Retirement
Ben Cousins To Announce Retirement – Richmond great Matthew Richardson is confident Ben Cousins’ impending AFL retirement is the right move for the controversial midfielder.
Cousins, 32, will announce the end of his playing career at a press conference on Tuesday.
The recovering drug addict spent over three hours at the club’s Punt Road headquarters on Monday meeting with Richmond officials.
He wouldn’t reveal his intentions as he left the club, where he has played for two seasons after his controversy-dotted decade at West Coast.
But it is understood Cousins has decided to hang up the boots and will make it official on Tuesday.
Richardson, who retired from playing at the end of last year, said the 2005 Brownlow Medallist was making the correct decision.
Richardson said the move allowed Cousins to depart on his own terms while playing well and having won back some admirers after his 12-month suspension for bringing the game into disrepute amid his much-publicised drug problems.
“He’s got a lot of support out there now in the public. It’s been a really good two years for him,” Richardson told Melbourne radio station 3AW.
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