whoamI?

6pts: I was born in NSW in 1970 and played my first AFL game in 1988 after being a child prodigy in country football.

5pts: I played 200 AFL matches, winning a premiership and a club best and fairest award.

4pts: I missed out on another flag due to a knee injury but overcame an elbow problem to taste the ultimate success in my last game.

3pts: I became a senior AFL coach after almost a decade as an assistant and won a premiership in just my second year in charge.

2pts: I coached the All Stars in the 2020 State of Origin match at Marvel Stadium.

1pt: My club’s longest-serving coach, I will lead it for the 300th time this week.

Player honours: Brownlow Medal 2005; WCE best and fairest 2001, 2002, 2003, 2005; All-Australian 1998, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2005, 2006; AFL Rising Star Award 1996; AFLPA MVP 2005; WCE captain 2001-05; WCE premiership 2006.

Recruited from East Fremantle under the father-son rule by the Eagles in 1995, Cousins had an immediate impact. By the age of 22, he had won a Rising Star award and two All-Australian blazers. Cousins eventually became a premiership player, a Brownlow medallist, six-time All-Australian, four-time club best and fairest and won the AFLPA MVP award. He finished his career at Richmond in 2010.