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Hit106.9 Northern League One
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Supplementary Regulations to be read in conjunction with overarching national Australia Cup Regulations.
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Football Australia Statutes and Regulations
Discipline
NPL NNSW 1st Grade, Hit106.9 Northern League One 1st Grade and Australia Cup
NNSWF Premier Competitions (non-1st Grade)
Send off codes
PLAYER DISCIPLINARY CODES
Red card means the sending-off of a player for the following offences specified under Law 12 of the FIFA Laws of the Game:
R1 – Serious foul play.
R2 – Violent conduct.
R3 – Spits at an opponent or any other person
R4 – Denying the opposing team a goal or an obvious goal-scoring opportunity by deliberately handling the ball (this does not apply to a goalkeeper within his own penalty area).
R5 – Otherwise denying a goal or an obvious goal-scoring opportunity to an opponent as prescribed by Law 12 of the Laws of the Game.
R6 – Using offensive, insulting, or abusive language and/or gestures.
R7 – Receiving a second yellow card in the same match.
R8 – Offence against a Match Official
R9 – Offence by a Team Official
TEAM OFFICIAL DISCIPLINARY CODES
Team official red card means the sending-off of a team official by a referee for the following offences specified in the Approved IFAB Trial Guidelines read in conjunction with the Laws of the Game:
R-TO1 – Violent conduct.
R-TO2 – Physical or aggressive behaviour towards an opposing player, substitute, team official, match official, spectator, or any other person (e.g., security or competition official).
R-TO3 – Using offensive, insulting, or abusive language and/or gestures.
R-TO4 – Biting or spitting at any person.
R-TO5 – entering the field of play to: confront a match official (including at half-time and full-time). Interfere with play or an opposing player.
R-TO6 – Deliberately leaving the technical area to: show dissent towards or remonstrate with a match official. Act in a provocative or inflammatory manner. Enter the opposing technical area in an aggressive or confrontational manner.
R-TO7 – Deliberately throwing/kicking an object onto the field of play.
R-TO8 – Delaying the restart of play by the opposing team e.g., holding onto the ball, kicking the ball away, obstructing the movement of a player.
R-TO9 – Receiving a second yellow card in the same match.