Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Cousins akaitwa maoparesheni masere, kubatanidza kugadziriswa kwebvi mumakore ake amakumi mashanu. Zvinetso zvake zvakatanga pa 1974 World Championships, apo akabva pamberi pokutanga kwechiitiko chacho ndokudzokera kuBristol kunovhiyiwa meniscus yake yokutanga yechipiri yakauya pakarepo pashure pe 1977 World Championships
apo chando chake chebvi roruboshwe chakabvaruka ndokuvharirwa munzvimbo yacho. Pakazosvika 1980, akanga aitwa oparesheni huru pamabvi ake ose ari maviri kuruboshwe nokurudyi.