Hodges was given a red card in the 39^th minute of the 2-2 draw with Valentine at Darling Street Oval after abusing the referee when denied a free kick.

He was given two additional matches on top of his mandatory one-game ban on Tuesday for "repeated use of offensive language and/or gestures" under regulations on match official abuse.

The decision is a blow to Olympic, who lost Blake Green (hamstring) in the game and have Jed Hornery (hamstring) and Tom Curran (hip flexor) on the sidelines. They also lost Reece Pettit and Jake McGuinness during the COVID-19 break.

Olympic coach Alex Tagaroulias did not condone Hodges' outburst but believed he could have been warned instead of sent off. He said Hodges did not question the referee's integrity or threaten him.

"If the language was that bad, on one hand I understand it, but it seems like youth football rules a little bit," Tagaroulias said.

** Valentine co-coach Darren Sills had his own complaint about the refereeing.

Olympic's equaliser came after keeper Danny Ireland was penalised in injury time for contact on Olympic's Tim Stewart when punching clear a high ball into the box. Sills has asked referees' boss Brad Carlin to review the call.

"The referee's interpretation was that Danny lashed out with his leg and collected the guy," Sills said.

"But if you look at it, he hasn't touched him yet with his leg. It's ridiculous."

"But I said to the players, why is the ball getting delivered into the box in the 93rd minute in the first place? Why can't we prevent that and take the referee out of the game."

It was a bitter blow for Valentine, who lost 5-0 to Broadmeadow in round one but lead Olympic 2-0 inside 15 minutes with goals from Luke Willard and Alex Read.

Harry Lane gave away a penalty with a foul on Jarred Muller close to the hour for Kent Harrison to make it 1-0. Harrison's second penalty was the last kick of the game.

Tagaroulias was proud of the fight from his side.

"I feel like it was a lost opportunity in one way, but with 10 men after half an hour and already 2-0 down, under the circumstances you can't complain," he said.

"The guys found another way to come back, guts it out and get something out of the game."