EXCLUSIVE: Chris Judd says 賭事ing is a bigger problem in the AFL than the 麻薬s that brought 負かす／撃墜する his mate Ben Cousins... as he opens up about stalkers and the 圧力s of 存在 an エリート footballer

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Retired AFL 星／主役にする Chris Judd has 明らかにする／漏らすd he believes 賭事ing is a bigger 問題／発行する than than 麻薬s in football, にもかかわらず 証言，証人／目撃するing his 首相の職 チーム仲間 Ben Cousins be brought 負かす／撃墜する by 実体 乱用.

Judd, 32, told Daily Mail Australia the nature of players leaves them 危険に exposed to the 損害賠償金 of problem 賭事ing.

'I think it probably is more of a problem for players than 麻薬s,' Judd told DMA. 'I guess 賭事ing is one of those things where it doesn't have an すぐに obvious 影響する／感情 on a player's 業績／成果, so players by their nature are 危険 takers who have 比較して high 強調する／ストレス 職業s and are often looking for an 出口.'

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Ben Cousins (left) and Chris Judd (権利) of the Eagles celebrate with the 首相の職 Cup after winning the AFL Grand Final match between the Sydney Swans and the West Coast Eagles

'Those sort of 条件s are rife for problem 賭事ing... I guess I'm not breaking any ground in 説 that, there's been やめる a bit of publicity surrounding it as of late, but it's certainly something the AFL is looking at.

'Clubs are becoming more aware of it and more 極度の慎重さを要する of the 危険s players are 直面するing, and the more education - 本物の education - they can do around it the better.'

Judd, whose autobiography 'Inside' was 解放（する）d on Wednesday, also spoke about the 広範囲にわたって-publicised 麻薬 use that took place inside the West Coast Eagles.

'There has been so much made of the West Coast period, I think one of the nice things in the 調書をとる／予約する is I was able to illustrate there wasn't 45 players on the team that were habitual 麻薬 使用者s,' the 二重の Brownlow メダル受領者 told Daily Mail Australia.?

Ben Cousins and Chris Judd celebrate victory after the AFL Grand Final match between the Sydney Swans and the West Coast Eagles in 2006

Chris Judd winces in 苦痛 during Carlton's 衝突／不一致 with Greater Western Sydney in 2015

'There was a 抱擁する variety of players with 変化させるing personalities - from guys who went to church every Sunday, to players who are now running their own 商売／仕事s or have 完全にするd an MBA, to a small number of players who have 戦う／戦いd with habitual 麻薬 use either during their playing career or after it.'

Judd also spoke 直接／まっすぐに about Cousins, who was marred by 麻薬-関係のある 問題／発行するs for much of his playing career.

'I think it became a 審議 about good versus evil with Ben. 初めは he was portrayed as the 'Prince of Perth' who could do no wrong and then all of a sudden he was this evil bad guy,' Judd said.?

Retired AFL 星／主役にする Chris Judd (left) has 明らかにする／漏らすd the extent of former チーム仲間 Ben Cousins' (権利) 戦う／戦い with illicit 麻薬s while playing for the West Coast Eagles

Cousins is walked to a police 乗り物 in Perth when he was 逮捕（する）d in Northbridge and 告発（する），告訴（する）／料金d with minor 麻薬 offences in 2007

'He was 戦う／戦いing a 麻薬 （麻薬）常用者, and there wasn't a lot of 探検 into why that was happening.?I think that was probably a bit of an 適切な時期 行方不明になるd.

'Everyone was shocked at just how serious an 問題／発行する it was for Ben. No one, 含むing his partner who lived with him, knew just how serious an 問題／発行する he was struggling with.'

However, the West Coast 首相の職 player said his チーム仲間 was 裁判官d 厳しく in regards to his fight with 中毒.

Chris and Bec Judd 提起する／ポーズをとるs for photos as they arrive at the 2004 Brownlow メダル 儀式 in Melbourne

Bec Judd walks the red carpet in Melbourne 事前の to the 2004 AFL Brownlow メダル 儀式

'There is much more to someone like Ben Cousins than just 存在 a 麻薬 （麻薬）常用者 and it was nice to be able to portray that in this 調書をとる／予約する,' he said.

'And that's the thing people struggle with now with the beauty of hindsight, they 裁判官 things now rather than on how they were - these sort of things are much easier to see in hindsight.'?

Judd also said he has spoken with Cousins recently and said he is 'going really 井戸／弁護士席'. He also 明らかにする／漏らすd they will catch up at next year's ten-year 再会 for West Coast's 2006 首相の職, 'if not before then'.

Police bundle Cousins out of the 支援する of a police 先頭 after after run in with 当局

In the 明らかにする／漏らすing conversation, the 32-year-old also shed light on some of the more bizarre 圧力s AFL players are put under, by recounting his experience with a stalker in Perth.

'I was about 20... it was really weird,' Judd told DMA. 'She would take photos of my 支援する garden and send them to me or move furniture and things around the house, she switched my number plate with Bec's at one point and all sorts of other things.?

'It was really pretty 半端物, but I guess it's just one of the challenges of 存在 a footy player.?

A young Chris Judd runs out for the First XVIII football team at Caulfield Grammar School

Chris Judd and West Coast Eagles チーム仲間 Daniel Kerr pictured in 2006

'That was sort of the turning point for when I realised how in the スポットライト I was. That was around the time of winning the Brownlow and in that 段階 of going from a 比較して 私的な young kid to having a pretty public profile.'

He also said his then-girlfriend, Bec, and his family was aware of the 'stalker' but it did not 極端に co ncern him.

'They knew it was going on, but it wasn't really keeping me up at nights to be honest. It would have been different if I was a woman 存在 stalked by a man, but I sort of knew it was a 女性（の） and didn't really feel like I was in danger. It was just more of a 侵略 of privacy more than feeling 危険な.'?

The interview comes after an excerpt from Judd's 調書をとる／予約する 解除するd the lid on Cousins' 麻薬 中毒.?

'中毒 is all-消費するing. I think Cuz began to feel that he couldn't 信用 many people at the club,' Judd wrote.

'The balancing 行為／法令／行動する was like walking on eggshell. Cuz's 関係s with many people, 含むing me, began to change... I was left with 相反する emotions... I recognised his enormous 願望（する） for success had been the 運動ing 軍隊 that led many of us... on the other 手渡す, Cuz the 麻薬 （麻薬）常用者 was now 提起する／ポーズをとるing a 脅し to the culmination of the football club's 使節団, and my childhood dream.'

Judd (middle) 代表するing Australia against Ireland in 2000. He 述べるd it as a 'different and exciting experience'

Judd and his young son Oscar playing with a football on the beach in Melbourne

Chris Judd's new 調書をとる／予約する?Inside: The Autobiography was 解放（する）d on Wednesday

Judd, who retired this year after a string of 傷害s, also spoke about Cousins' 'million miles an hour' personality, which he said played a part in the troubled 星／主役にする turning to illicit 麻薬s.

The two-time Brownlow メダル 勝利者 said Cousins needed a '対処するing 機械装置, some way of switching off,' and 示唆するd '麻薬s 供給するd that'.

Harry Taylor of the Cats 取り組むs Chris Judd of the Blues during the 一連の会議、交渉／完成する eight AFL match between the Geelong Cats and the C arlton Blues in May 2005

Judd (middle) celebrates his 21st birthday with a group of friends in Melbourne

He also 述べるd his チーム仲間 as a 'zealot' in regards to his diet and 負わせる, and said he 'wouldn't touch sugar in any form' - outside of sports drinks, such as Powerade, during matches.??

Cousins routinely made headlines for his off the field behaviour, 含むing an 悪名高い photograph of the fallen 星／主役にする 存在 walked to a police car shirtless after he was 逮捕（する）d over minor 麻薬 offences in 2007.

Another 悪名高い image of Cousins, also from 2007, shows him wearing a green 戦車／タンク-最高の，を越す in the 支援する of a police car, his 注目する，もくろむs wide open and mouth わずかに ajar.

Chris Judd, Rebecca Judd and their children Oscar Judd and Billie Judd 提起する／ポーズをとる に引き続いて a Carlton Blues AFL 圧力（をかける） 会議／協議会 発表するing Chris's 退職

A young Judd competes against a host of other schools in APS 運動競技のs for Caulfield Grammar in Melbourne

In the same year, he was 一時停止するd from the AFL for 'bringing the game into disrepute'.?

Judd played 279 gam es in his career with West Coast and Carlton, amassing five club best and fairest awards and two Brownlow メダルs, in 2004 and 2010.

Cousins played 270 games with West Coast and Richmond, winning the Brownlow メダル in 2005 and four West Coast club 支持する／優勝者 honours. He was also 指名するd to the AFL All-Australian team six times.?

An 逮捕（する） 令状 was 問題／発行するd for Cousins when the 36-year-old failed to appear in 法廷，裁判所 for the traffic offences