Additional guidance

Violent conduct

9 Sep 2024

In this section violent conduct is explained, specifically detailing what it takes for a red card to be administered off the ball.

Considerations

A player who is not challenging for the ball will be sent off if they:

-use or attempt to use excessive force or brutality against an opponent, teammate, team official, match official, spectator or any other person, regardless of whether contact is made

-deliberately strike an opponent or any other person on the head or face with their hand or arm, unless the force used was negligible

-make a clear forward movement with their head resulting in contact with the head or face of an opponent or any other person, unless the force used was negligible

-clearly make forceful contact by holding or grabbing the throat/neck area, or gouges the eye of an opponent or any other person

-make a clear action to pull the hair of an opponent or any other person with force

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Semi-Automated Offside Technology

Participant Behaviour Charter
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