"At those levels it's the same as being a full-on meth addict," said Chick. The Eagles were unhappy they weren't given the chance to comment on allegations by Daniel Chick (third from left). Credit:Sebastian Costanzo SCZ "I couldn't even sit still on the bench. It smashes your system. 'I've since read a lot about it, we didn't know what was done to us. You feel bulletproof basically." Kerr told WAtoday.com.au Chick was the only player abusing prednisone.

"What Chicky was doing and what we were doing was two completely different things," he said. Both Daniel Kerr and Daniel Chick are headed to Melbourne this weekend - the former for a speaking engagement. "The medication he was talking about was prescribed by doctors. "I was prescribed the asthma thing and I had to jump through several hoops and the amount of testing I had to do to get that clearance, [was] with a renowned lung specialist from around the world. "So then every time I had to use it, I had to get doctor's clearances."

Kerr was also angry Chick questioned the decision-making of a number of Eagles medical staff. "You are questioning the ethics of a couple of well-respected people in medicine and questioning the ethics of footballers as well," he said "I only ever took that medicine when I needed it and when I had passes from the doctor and I only ever took it in the amounts prescribed by the doctors, which is all legal under ASADA and WADA codes, which I had an exemption because of the severity of my asthma." PERTH, AUSTRALIA - AUGUST 31: Andrew Embley of the Eagles embraces Daniel Kerr after playing his last game for the club during the round 23 AFL match between the West Coast Eagles and the Adelaide Crows at Patersons Stadium on August 31, 2013 in Perth, Australia. (Photo by Paul Kane/Getty Images) Credit:Paul Kane Dr Rod Moore was the Eagles' club medico from their inception in 1987 through to 2012.

The 32-year-old also denied Chick's claim he took large doses of prednisone. "I refute those claims, because I never took any more than I was prescribed... I don't know how Daniel would ever know how because it comes in a tablet," he said. "Unless Daniel was sitting there watching how many tablets someone was taking before the game, when he should have been concentrating on the game. "He is just surmising that people were doing what he was doing, which was just wrong." While Chick accused a number of his teammates of abusing prescription drugs, he also said Illicit drugs such as cocaine, ecstasy and methamphetamine were widely used at the club.

Kerr, who said he had not spoken to Chick since he retired in at the end of the 2007 season, refused to be drawn into his former teammates allegations there was a drug culture during the Eagles' 2006 premiership year. Daniel Kerr has been jailed after claims he again breached a violence restraining order. In an exclusive interview recently with WAtoday.com.au, Kerr told how his "life was one big party...then the party got away from me." He has faced Perth courts multiple times in the past year, for fire-related incident at a Glendalough house and text messages sent to his ex-partner which breached a restraining order. "I've already spoken about those claims and you can quote me on the other interviews I've done," he said.

Kerr, who played 220 games for the Eagles, said he was confident West Coast would be able to block out the Chick saga on Saturday. He did, however, question the timing of Chick's confession.



"I don't think it will affect the players at all," he said. "It's very tabloidish the timing, especially for a mainstream newspaper. I don't think it will affect the players at all. "What happened in 2006, happened in 2006. The West Coast brand is strong enough for stuff like this not to bother it." Follow WAtoday on Twitter