THE WESTERN Bulldogs have been fined $2500 for failing to provide up-to-date address information for a senior-listed player over the Christmas break. 

Under the League's drug testing code with the Australian Sports Anti-Doping Authority, clubs must provide up-to-date whereabouts information at all times for drug testing purposes. 

The AFL announced on Monday the Bulldogs had been fined $5000 for failing to supply this information for one player, with $2500 of that sanction suspended for 12 months.

Seven clubs were fined in 2016 for breaching the up-to-date whereabouts provision.

Hawthorn, West Coast, Geelong, Collingwood, Essendon, the Western Bulldogs and St Kilda all failed to comply on one or more occasions, with the AFL finding these breaches had been the result of administrative failings. 

In late 2016, Greater Western Sydney star Lachie Whitfield was suspended for six months by the AFL for attempting to avoid drug testers by staying at the home of ex-GWS welfare manager Craig Lambert.