the Giants' one-point victory over in the second elimination final. A successful appeal from the AFL saw the suspension increased to six matches. Off the field The commission has become involved when players or a club bring the game into disrepute, including: Salary cap breaches by the Carlton Football Club in 2002 which hampered the club from rebuilding its playing list in the short-term and long-term future, and which has resulted in continued poor on-field results to this day. 2007 investigation into the West Coast Eagles party in Las Vegas, Nevada, United States, after the 2006 AFL Grand Final. During the Las Vegas parties, Ben Cousins rehabilitation from drug addiction, Daniel Kerr's criminal charges and the hospitalisation of Chad Fletcher after choking on his own vomit were part of the issues following the overseas trip. The trading out of Brendan Fevola from the Carlton Football Club over his behaviour at the 2009 Brownlow Medal function. The sacking of player Daniel Connors over repeated off-field infringements during his playing career with the club, including a drunken rampage in Sydney in 2010 and "failing to meet club expectations on a number of occasions" in 2012. Claims during 2012 that deliberately lost matches towards the end of the 2009 season so it could attain a priority draft pick at that year's end-of-season draft. 2012 overhaul of the Port Adelaide Football Club including the sacking of senior coach Matthew Primus and president Brett Duncanson 2013 investigation into reports of the use of illegal supplements by the Essendon Football Club 2013 overhaul of the Melbourne Football Club including the sacking of senior coach Mark Neeld The club-imposed five-match suspension handed to player Toby Greene for intentionally assaulting a security guard at a Melbourne nightclub during the club's bye week in 2014, in between which the Giants suffered two defeats in excess of more than 100 points. The six-month suspension handed to player Lachie Whitfield for attempting to invade a random drug test during the 2016–17 off-season, which took in missing the first eight matches of the 2017 AFL season. Ex-GWS employees Graeme Allan and Craig Lambert were both suspended for twelve months each, while the club was also stripped of its first-round draft pick in the 2017 AFL draft. The season-ending suspension handed to Sydney Swans player Elijah Taylor for a major breach of Western Australia's strict quarantine rules while the club was in the