The troubled AFL legend has transformed his life, but still remembers the flashpoint of his life.
you see today is not the same one whose drug addiction sent his life spiraling out of control and saw him end up behind bars.great’s rollercoaster life has been as well documented as any public figure in recent memory — for all the wrong reasons.Analysis, local footy and the biggest moments, Seven and 7plus are the home of footy shows for every fan.
Speaking to Sunrise on the eve of the AFL grand final — a stage he dominated during the peak of his career in the mid 2000s — he said he’s grateful to have reached this point in his life, but regrets the road he took to get there.“It’s been a long road, it really has,” he said.“When you strip everything back and assess your life for anybody, in its simplest form, it really gets back to what makes you happy, and for a long time I wasn’t. But I very much am these days.
Cousins made the MCG his own in 2005 and 2006, during which time his Eagles competed in two epic grand finals with the Sydney Swans and won one.“The first time I played in a grand final, we got beaten narrowly by Sydney. And then as fate had it, 12 months later we got the doesn’t to redeem ourselves. Just to fulfil a lifelong dream really,” Cousins recalled.
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