Carlton have disciplined brothers Jack and Ben Silvagni for drinking while in recovery from injuries.

The Blues' leadership group opted to send both of the Silvagni brothers down to their VFL team, where they had to help out the coaches in training sessions, for breaches of team rules on alcohol. The brothers were drinking at the same music concert on the weekend of November 23-24.

Jack and Ben Silvagni have been punished by the leadership group for drinking alcohol while recovering from injuries. Credit:Getty Images

Jack Silvagni, the 21-year-old elder brother, had to attend four sessions at the Northern Blues, while Ben, a first-year player last season, had to attend only two sessions with the VFL team's coaches.

The leadership group, headed by Patrick Cripps and Sam Docherty, took the view that Jack would have a heavier penalty because he had been drinking while injured once before and this was Ben's first offence.