Hall of Famer and Essendon legend Simon Madden joined Sam McClure and Tony Shaw on the program tonight ahead of the Hall of Fame ceremony.

Mr Madden said he thinks Ben Cousins should eventually join the AFL Hall of Fame.

“Look, he’s a hard one because you’d like to separate football from politics but that doesn’t happen .. and he’s the first to say he went way-ward,” he said. 

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