The A-League is in advanced talks with football's lawmaking body over a world-first trial for the live broadcast of Video Assistant Referee communications in match venues and on television next season.

Discussions between the league and the International Football Association Board (IFAB), which is charged with overseeing the laws of the game, have ramped up over the last month and could see Australia emerge as a test market for changes to the way the controversial technology is presented.

Referee Kurt Ams checks the VAR monitor before deciding to give Rhyan Grant a red card on Sunday. Credit:Getty Images

It comes after a weekend in which the A-League was hailed around the world for its transparency around refereeing, with two clips - one of referee Chris Beath explaining a contentious handball decision on Friday night, the other a VAR review discussion that was played on Fox Sports after Sydney FC's win on Sunday - going viral and attracting nearly three million views on social media.

The second clip, which saw Rhyan Grant's yellow card for a dangerous tackle upgraded to a red, is an example of how the VAR pilot program would work.