Substitute Player. A player who replaces another player for tactical reasons. • Team Managers / Team Coaches will decide whether a player is to be substituted and will inform the Substitution Controller / Assistant Referee and/or Referee when a substitution is required. • A player may be used as a substitute only once. • A substituted player may be used as a permanent replacement for an injured player • A substituted player may be used to temporarily replace another player who has left the field or for a front row player who has been ordered from the field to have bleeding controlled and/or an open wound covered, or to replace a front row player who has been temporarily suspended (sin bin).
