Following on from Collingwood's Jaidyn Stephenson receiving a 10-match ban for betting on Pies matches, we've delved back into the books and looked at 10 of the most famous suspensions in the league's history.
The majority of this list includes penalties from on-field incidents, but we've included events off the field too, such as Stephenson's.
Here are 10 of the AFL's most famous suspensions:
1. Entire 2012 Essendon list - 2016 - 2 years
The Essendon supplement saga, still fresh, was one of the heftiest and most memorable suspensions handed out in the league's history.
In 2012, players were injected with a prohibited substance per the ASADA and WADA listings. After a four year investigation, 34 past and present Bombers players were whacked with two-year bans, backdated to March 2015, for being found guilty of using a banned peptide. The club's sports scientist at the time, Stephen Dank, received a life ban from the AFL and senior coach James Hird was suspended for 12 months.
In addition, the Bombers were fined $2 million, revoked of participation in the 2013 finals and 2012 Brownlow medallist Jobe Watson was stripped of the award. The Bombers looked to be on the brink of success, but were arguably set back years as a result of the harsh punishment.
