Career
At the end of the year, in the 1986 National Draft, Cousins was selected at pick six by VFL club Footscray and made the move to Victoria. He made 20 appearances in 1987, his first season, mostly as a centre half-forward. He took 109 marks that year, second only at Footscray to Peter Foster.
In 1989 he played another 17 games, then didn"t feature at all in the 1990 season, which was followed by a three games season in 1991.
