DISGRACED St Kilda recruit Jake Carlisle has been suspended by the AFL for the first two games of next year’s home-and-away season.

Significant financial sanctions have also been imposed on the former Essendon defender by the Saints as a result of his Snapchat video calamity.

Carlisle’s package of penalties was ticked off after he fronted the club’s leadership group and St Kilda bosses on Wednesday.

The club has confirmed Carlisle has:

• Volunteered to receive a strike under the AFL’s Illicit Drug Policy (IDP).

• Forfeited his club marketing contract of $50,000 in 2016 and had agreed to further substantial variations of his playing contract.

• Accepted a two-game AFL imposed home-and-away ban to start the season (with a four game suspended sentence for any further conduct unbecoming). He is permitted to play in the NAB Challenge and VFL.

• Opted to commence training with St Kilda’s 1st-4th year players starting Monday, November 9 - two weeks ahead of his scheduled start date.

• Agreed to engage with a leading Alcohol & Drug Rehabilitation Program to understand the implications of glamorising drug use.

St Kilda coach Alan Richardson said the club was frustrated and disappointed by Carlisle’s actions.

“This has become a very costly mistake for Jake and he clearly commences his career at St Kilda on notice that such behaviour will not be tolerated,” Richardson said.

“It’s the worst possible way to start at a new club and he was given very honest and direct feedback about the standards expected of him.

“To his credit, Jake has taken responsibility for his behaviour and has taken ownership of these sanctions which are important steps in him integrating as a Saints player.

“He now needs to work hard and buy into the culture and standards we are building. He needs to commit to making our people proud on and off the field.”

Skipper Nick Riewoldt is holidaying in the US but took part in the meeting by telephone.

The AFL integrity unit conducted an investigation into Carlisle’s behaviour during a recent trip to the United States and handed down the suspension under disrepute rules.

Carlisle is free to take part in the NAB Challenge, but the AFL and St Kilda worked together to take a strong stand.

Carlisle has been stripped of a major marketing component of his four-year $600,000-plus contract and has also agreed to new performance-based clauses.

Effectively, his old contract — agreed to just hours before footage emerged of Carlisle snorting white lines of powder — has been ripped up and rewritten.