2006, February 21, The West Australian, Photo and story “Tiger Gardiner the silent casualty.” Photo of Michael Gardiner training with his new mates at Claremont Oval. Michael Gardiner, the best ruckman in the AFL less than 3 years ago is the silent casualty of the Ben Cousens affair. While the world is obsessed with Cousens with what he has done, Gardiner has been sent to Coventry- make that Claremont. The question is can Gardiner get his mind right to become the dominant player that he was. There has been rumours that Gardiner has fallen out with Worsfold and He said that Gardiner had not met the Clubs standards.
