Ben Cousins is one of Australia’s most celebrated AFL players — but can the man dance? That’s what fans will find out when the 2005 Brownlow Medal winner vies for the Mirrorball Trophy on this season of Dancing with the Stars , hosted by Sonia Kruger and Dr Chris Brown. WATCH THE VIDEO ABOVE: First look at Dancing with the Stars 2024. Know the news with the 7NEWS app: Download today The former West Coast Eagles 2006 premiership player-turned- 7NEWS Sport presenter certainly still has the physique to get active on the dancefloor.
Now he wants to put his footwork to the test. “I’ve always entertained the idea of going on the show, but never followed through,” Ben said ahead of the 2024 season of DWTS. “It started to feel like one of those things that was never going to happen.
“This season came at a time when I’m looking to take on some new challenges and I thought this would be perfect.” Ben, who will be dancing with Siobhan Power for Perth Telethon, said the key strength he’d be able to bring to the dancefloor was his ability to apply himself. “When I take something on, I have hyper focus on it and throw everything I have into it, so that’s what I’ve been doing with dance training,” he said.
But letting go of the mechanical challenges of dancing and just enjoying the performance could be harder for him, he admitted. It also won’t help that Ben has a few old injuries from his football playing days. “I have a couple of discs in my back that wil.
