Former West Coast Eagles assistant coach Michael Broadbridge calls for Reuben Ginbey to become next captain
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Ben Cousins has made a startling admission regarding one concussion he received while playing for Richmond. The former West Coast Eagles skipper was sacked by the club in 2007 after he was arrested for drug possession and handed a 12-month suspension by the AFL. FOX FOOTY, available on Kayo Sports, is the only place to watch every match of every round in the 2025 Toyota AFL Premiership Season LIVE in 4K, with no ad-breaks during play. New to Kayo? Join now and get your first month for just $1. He returned to the AFL after signing with the Tigers ahead of the 2009 season. It was in one of his first games with his new club when the shock concussion occurred. The incident left the 2005 Brownlow Medal winner with no recollection of what had taken place over the last three years. 'I had a concussion. This happened not long after I arrived at Richmond,' he said on Mix94.5's Pete & Kymba with Ben Cousins show. 'It was one of the first games that I played, it was a pre-season game, and I came off halfway through the first quarter, (I) don't remember getting hit or knocked at all. 'I sat on the bench and had no memory whatsoever of the previous two or three years, and I was like a goldfish … every 30 seconds to a minute, I would have no memory of the conversation that I just had, and kept going, 'why am I playing for Richmond? What's happened?'. '(Richmond) go, you know, we picked you up over the summer. (I asked) 'why aren't I playing for West Coast?' No memory.' Cousins also revealed that those within the club had attempted to fill him in on the blanks, which included being told his good friend Chris Mainwaring had died. 'Even after the game, I was still just going around in circles. People were trying to fill me in about the blanks, they said, you know, you've been sacked from West Coast, you went to rehab … even someone said, you know, Chris Mainwaring had passed. 'That was like being told for the first time, (I was) so emotional, in tears, crying.' Mainwaring died in October, 2007 from a drug overdose. An investigation by the Western Australia state coroner he had died from a cocaine-caused seizure. The horror concussion confession from Cousins comes after he announced he would be pulling the boots back on. Fifteen years after his retirement, the premiership star will line-up alongside several greats of the game in the reborn EJ Whitten Legends Game at Marvel Stadium. Cousins will join a growing list of former champions, including Cyril Rioli, Gary Ablett Jr, Luke Hodge and Nick Riewoldt. He will partner 2006 premiership teammate Andrew Embley in the All Stars side, while 2018 West Coast premiership captain Luke Shuey is locked in to line up for the Victorian team. Organisers have managed to lure the reclusive Rioli into playing, with his Hawthorn premiership teammate Shane Crawford coaching the All Stars team.
