The Caltex Socceroos clash with England on Saturday (AEST) will see the trialling of new rules changes agreed by the International Football Association Board (IFAB).
While the law changes don’t officially come into effect until June, the English FA and Football Federation Australia agreed to use them at the Stadium of Light.
The biggest of the 95 rule alterations to come into effect centres around the punishment for the obvious denial of a goalscoring opportunity.
While in the past a player has received a straight red card for acting as the last line of defence or a ruled to have hand-balled on the goal line, which was compounded also by a penalty for the attacking side.
Now, it will no longer be an automatic red card if a player brings down an opponent while acting as the last line of defence, where a genuine attempt was made to play the ball.
The referee will still be allowed to award a penalty, but now only issue a yellow card to the offender.
Some of the Rule changes to start at Euro 2016 include:
*Players can receive medical treatment without leaving the pitch if the foul committed on them earns a card.
*Players no longer need to wait for a break in play to return to the pitch after changing their equipment.
*A yellow card will be shown to goalkeepers who move early off their line while facing a penalty, and takers feigning to shoot in their run-up in obvious cases of deception will be booked with no re-take allowed.
*Kick-offs don’t have to go forwards over the line - they can be passed backwards.
*Changes to penalties - such as the kick is not over until the ball stops moving.
*There is no need for teams kicking off to send the ball forwards - only one player will need to stand in the centre circle and can pass in any direction.
*Free kicks after an offside will be taken from where a player first touched the ball in an offside position rather than where he was originally standing when offside.
*Players also no longer have to leave the field if they receive treatment following a yellow card or red card offence.
*Players can be sent off before the start of play, perhaps for an incident in the tunnel. Should this happen the sent off player can be replaced by a substitute.
*A yellow card will be shown to goalkeepers who move early off their line while facing a penalty, and takers feigning to shoot in their run-up in obvious cases of deception will be booked with no re-take allowed.
*Players can also be charged with violent conduct if no contact is made with an opponent.
