What happens to incidents the referee missed?

A three-member Match Review Panel (including at least one former national referee and one former professional player) reviews broadcast footage and match official reports after each round, typically on the Monday afternoon.

• Citation Incidents: the Panel can identify incidents that, under Law 12, should have been a direct red card but escaped the referee's attention (and the VAR's), and incidents of simulation the referee did not detect. It can do the same for team officials. Its decision that an incident escaped the referee's attention is final.
• Sanctions: the Panel applies the Table of Offences to propose a sanction. Where it proposes up to four matches (including the mandatory suspension), the participant is sent a Disciplinary Notice and can accept it or refer it to the Disciplinary and Ethics Committee. If they do not respond by the deadline, the proposed sanction is deemed accepted.
• Hearing: the Disciplinary and Ethics Committee has three people, including a Chair and at least one former professional player.
• Limits: the maximum sanction for an offence is a 24-month suspension, except assault of a match official, where it is a suspension for life.

Source: A-Leagues Disciplinary Regulations 2026/27 Season, clauses 4.2, 4.7, 11.1, 11.2, 11.23, 11.24 and Schedule 3.