Requirements
All match officials (the referee and both assistant referees) must submit a report for any incidents or send-offs. Reports are to be submitted on the day of the match via Dribl (if Dribl is unavailable, please use the relevant online form). The centre referee is to also send a text to the NRG mobile advising of the send-off or significant incident (e.g., serious injury, abandonment of a match, abuse by spectator, etc). If a match official did not see or hear the incident, they must still submit a report advising this.
No report is required if the send-off is for a second caution in the same match. However, if the player’s conduct after being shown the second yellow card and then the red card is unacceptable (e.g., offensive, abusive or insulting language, physical altercation with another player, etc), an incident report regarding that conduct must be submitted.
Red Card Offences
R1 Serious foul play
R2 Violent conduct
R3 Biting or spitting at someone
R4 Denying the opposing team a goal or an obvious goal-scoring opportunity by a handball offence (except a goalkeeper within their penalty area)
R5 Denying a goal or an obvious goal-scoring opportunity to an opponent whose overall movement is towards the offender’s goal by an offence punishable by a free kick
R6 Using offensive, insulting, or abusive language and/or actions
R7 Receiving a second caution in the same match
R8 Offence against a Match Official
R9 Offence by a Team Official