Ben Cousins will probably step down from Eagles captaincy tomorrow

[Ext User(Dave Turner)]

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[Ext User(David Clayton)]

On Sun, 19 Feb 2006 18:31:39 +0800, Dave Turner wrote:

Will he be deemed as being "driven out" of it?? (hey hey hey.....)

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[Ext User(Dave Turner)]

Interesting last line! "Brownlow medallist Chris Judd is tipped to replace
Cousins as captain"

posted 2 hrs ago according to google:
http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200602/s1573771.htm

Ben Cousins is expected to step down as captain of the West Coast Eagles as
early as today.

The club put Cousins' captaincy under review after it was revealed that the
Brownlow medallist had been chased by police after abandoning his car near a
booze bus earlier this month.

Cousins later went to the police and admitted he had been the driver of the
vehicle, though he is yet to be charged over the incident.

It is not the first time Cousins' off-field actions have embarrassed the
club.

The 27-year-old refused to cooperate with detectives investigating a
nightclub shooting last year and he publicly apologised for associating with
people alleged to have links with the criminal underworld.

On Friday, West Coast chief executive officer Trevor Nisbett admitted that
the new incident was disappointing.

"If he has done that and he has run from a booze bus, well obviously it's a
ridiculous thing to do," he said.

"Because he like any other citizen should have gone through the booze bus
like everyone else has to."

Mr Nisbett said Cousins had to learn to be answerable for his off-field
behaviour.

"We'd like our players to be squeaky clean but unfortunately not all of them
are and in this case Ben's got himself into another investigation and we're
not very happy about it obviously," he said.

Brownlow medallist Chris Judd is tipped to replace Cousins as captain.

[Ext User(Dave Turner)]

just heard on the radio that channel 7 are saying that he has stepped down,
nothing about it on their website though but im sure articles will start
popping up over the next few hours

[Ext User(Dave Turner)]

there'll be a media conference at 4pm Perth time. More news to follow ;)