Red and Yellow Cards

The following is a brief outline of a Player's responsibilities regarding Yellow and Red Cards.

Yellow Cards. If a total of 5 Yellow Cards are awarded to a player in a season your ID Card must be surrendered to your Club Secretary and an automatic 1 game suspension must be served.

If a further 3 Yellow Cards are awarded in a season your ID Card must be surrendered to your Club Secretary and a further automatic 2 games suspension must be served.

Red Cards. If a player is shown a Red Card during a match he/she will be dismissed and must leave the field.

The ID Card must be surrendered to the Referee on the day or delivered to the SSJSFA at Bates Drive (Harrie Dening Complex), before 3:00 pm on the following Friday. Failure to do so results in a penalty of $25 and suspension doesn't start until the Association has the ID Card.

If you play before the matter is dealt with (or before any penalty is served), the match (or matches) may be forfeited to the opposing team(s).

The Referee does not have to ask for the ID Card, it is in your interest to give it to him. He will deliver it to SSJSFA where it is held until the appropriate penalty is served. If 2 Yellow Cards were shown before the Red Card, an automatic 1 game suspension normally applies.

Your ID Card must still be surrendered, but you do not have to appear before the Judiciary. If a straight Red Card is shown or a Red following a single Yellow Card, you must surrender your ID Card and appear before the Judiciary at the Harrie Dening Complex the following Monday night. If in doubt, ask the Referee (politely) after the game.

Notify your Players Representative before the Monday and he will represent you at Judiciary. If he doesn't know, he doesn't go. It is important that you appear at Judiciary. If you do not appear, your case may be heard without you (and the sentence will probably be a week longer), or you may be suspended until you appear.

For both Yellow and Red Card offences, the ID Card is delivered to SSJSFA, and is held there until the penalty has been served, after which it must be signed for by a Club representative before being returned to you.