article_snippet: (left) Cousins can be seen stopping and starting
article_snippet: Cousins, who returned to the AFL with Richmond after the league banned Former West Coast Eagles captain Ben Cousins  for one year, saw the latter stages of Former West Coast Eagles captain Ben Cousins  career overshadowed by controversy .
article_snippet: Cousins retired from the sport in 2010.
article_snippet: Cousins returned to the game with Richmond in 2009, before Michael Gardiner retired at the end of the 2010 season.