Melbourne Storm salary cap breach

Melbourne Storm salary cap scandal
Date	2006 – 22 April 2010
Location	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Also known as	Melbourne Storm salary cap scandal
Type	National Rugby League salary cap
Participants	Melbourne Storm; (Brian Waldron, Matt Hanson, Paul Gregory, Peter O'Sullivan, Cameron Vale); News Corp Australia; (John Hartigan); National Rugby League; (David Gallop, Ian Schubert);
Outcome	Melbourne Storm stripped of 2007 and 2009 premierships; Melbourne Storm stripped of 2006, 2007 and 2008 minor premierships; Melbourne Storm fined $1.7 million; All competition points for the 2010 NRL season annulled; Melbourne Storm sentenced to finish the 2010 season at the bottom of the ladder; Melbourne Storm stripped of 2010 World Club Challenge;
Inquiries	National Rugby League investigation, 2010
Suspects	Brian Waldron, Matt Hanson, Paul Gregory, Peter O'Sullivan

The Melbourne Storm salary cap breach was a major breach of the National Rugby League's strictly enforced salary cap by the Melbourne Storm club over a period of five years. The discovery of these breaches in 2010 by the NRL resulted in it stripping the Storm of all honours achieved as a team between 2006 and 2010. This included the 2007 and 2009 premierships, the 2006, 2007 and 2008 minor premierships and the 2010 World Club Challenge title.