Brendan Fevola opens up about the night he 救助（する）d Ben Cousins during one of the footy bad boy's lowest points

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Brendan Fevola has opened up about the time he was stayed up all night at a casino with fellow AFL bad boy Ben Cousins because he was so worried about the troubled footy 広大な／多数の／重要な's 明言する／公表する of mind.

Speaking on the 'Fifi, Fev & Nick' 無線で通信する show on Melbourne's 101.9 FM on Wednesday with Cousins on as a guest, Fevola 明らかにする／漏らすd he was 厳粛に 関心d for his mate's wellbeing at the time.

'We know each other very 井戸／弁護士席,' Fevola said of the West Coast Eagles 広大な／多数の／重要な.

'I've never told this story in public. There was a night after one of my best mate's 約束／交戦 party, [former Richmond captain] Chris Newman, and you were 負かす／撃墜する from Perth, and we were at 栄冠を与える.?

'I was not there with Ben, but I was going upstairs to stay at 栄冠を与える, and Ben hopped in the 解除する.?

'I was lik e, "G'day mate, how are you going?", and something had happened with your 賃貸しの car, and you couldn't get to the airport, you'd 行方不明になるd your 計画（する）, and you said, "Can I stay with you tonight?"

Brendan Fevola has opened up about the time he was up all night at 栄冠を与える Casino with fellow AFL bad boy Ben Cousins

Ben Cousins' 劇の 落ちる from grace 予定 to an 現在進行中の 麻薬 中毒 has saddened many footy fans (pictured, after leaving a Perth 法廷，裁判所 in 2016 for 違反ing a 暴力／激しさ 抑制するing order)

Cousins has turned his life around in 最近の years, 主要な to calls for him to be inducted into the AFL Hall of Fame

'So, we went up to our room on the 33rd 床に打ち倒す. You had a couple of phones, you kept taking the 殴打／砲列 out, and then you are 非難する the 殴打／砲列. I'm like, "Are you alright mate?" and Ben's like, "I just don't know."'?

Fevola then 追加するd: 'We sat there all night, and I didn't go to sleep because I was a bit worried about Ben.?

'We sat and chatted for about seven hours until you left the next morning. We got in 深い to some stuff.?

'And I couldn't believe how worried I was about you. You were worried about me.?

'Two cooked 部隊s sitting there, chewing the fat, talking about life.'

Fevola then asked Cousins how he has 首尾よく turned his life around に引き続いて an 現在進行中の 麻薬 中毒, which saw him 刑務所，拘置所d on 多重の occasions.

'It's hard to put it 負かす／撃墜する to one thing,' the 2005 Brownlow Medallist said in 返答.

'Unfortunately, when I think about it now, I do wish that it [麻薬 中毒] didn't have to run its course the way it did. It wasn't through 欠如（する） of wanting to turn it around at times, but it's just... it's just a 複雑にするd thing.

'I do?remember that night [in 栄冠を与える Casino] 情愛深く. We have always had a good time when we have caught up, but I wasn't too 井戸／弁護士席 at that time.'

Cousins (pictured left, with fellow West Coast legend Chris Judd) did more than enough on the field to 令状 a place in the AFL Hall of Fame

Channel Seven first took a chance on Cousins by 申し込む／申し出ing him a newsreader position in Perth in an 行為／法令／行動する that has helped the troubled former AFL 星／主役にする turn the corner

Fevola, whose previous 賭事ing 中毒 saw him once lose $360,000 across four days?on the punt, 認める he 'wasn't 井戸／弁護士席 either'.

Cousins, 45, went の上に thank 'Fev' for '絶えず checking in' when the fallen footy 星／主役にする was at a low ebb - before 表明するing his 深い 悔いる at how his off-field behaviour has seen many former チーム仲間s turn their 支援する on the 支持する／優勝者 midfielder.

It comes as calls have 増加するd for Cousins - who won an AFL 首相の職 in 2006 - to be inducted into the AFL Hall of Fame.

The former Brownlow Medallist has been 適格の since 2013 - but has been 終始一貫して overlooked 予定 to his past 行為／行う.

His public 戦う／戦いs began in 2007 when rumours surfaced about his illicit 麻薬 use まっただ中に 出来事/事件s like abandoning his car to 避ける police and 存在 設立する asleep outside a casino.

Cousins has since 意味ありげに changed his life by working at Channel 7 as a sports newsreader in Perth three times a week.?

He has also joined a Perth 無線で通信する breakfast team on Mix94.5, and is about to debut on the Seven 攻撃する，衝突する show Dancing With the 星／主役にするs.?

And after joining Seven last year, the former West Coast player has been analysing AFL games on 週末s.?

Cousins' 復活 also hasn't gone unnoticed by footy 身元s.

'I will say it's a joy to see Ben in the 形態／調整 he's in 権利 now, and I've seen a fair bit of him,' AFL （売買）手数料，委託（する）／委員会／権限 議長，司会を務める Richard Goyder said.

'I think [Cousins' 回復] is fantastic...what I will say with Hall of Fame, and it's almost my precursor to our 委員会 discussions each year, is it's not who's in, it's who's not in.

'It's an incredibly high 妨げる／法廷，弁護士業 to be a Hall of Famer in the AFL, and it's even higher to be a legend, so we'll look at those things in 予定 course.'