Complex sentence: Between 2007 and 2009, Johnson played in four consecutive NRL grand finals for the Melbourne Storm, being part of the winning team in 2007 and 2009 only for the club to be stripped of its premierships for contraventions of the salary cap.
Split into simpler sentences: Between 2007 and 2009, Johnson played in four consecutive NRL grand finals for the Melbourne Storm. Melbourne won the 2007 and 2009 grand finals only for the club to be stripped of its premierships for contraventions of the salary cap.