article_snippet: Former AFL star Ben Cousins, in 2007, after Former AFL star Ben Cousins was charged with drug possession and refusing a drug test .
article_snippet: Cousins, who returned to the AFL with Richmond after the league banned Former AFL star Ben Cousins for one year, saw the latter stages of Former AFL star Ben Cousins career overshadowed by controversy .
article_snippet: Cousins retired from the sport in 2010.
article_snippet: Cousins returned to the game with Richmond in 2009, before Michael Gardiner retired at the end of the 2010 season.