Blood replacement

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[edit] Rugby union

Blood replacements (also referred to as a "blood substitution") are provided for by Law 3.10 [1] of the International Rugby Board [2].

A player who has been wounded may be replaced for up to fifteen minutes (running time), during which he or she may receive first-aid treatment to staunch the flow of blood and dress the wound. The player may then ask the referree to return to the pitch of play.

[edit] Rugby league

Otherwise known as the "Blood Bin." This is a change that is enforced by the referee after he has noticed that a player is bleeding. This change takes the place of one of the allocated 12 replacements that teams are allowed. In the case of misconduct, where the incident leading to the injury has been either placed on report or sin-binned or sent off, then the replacement is free (does not count) however when the player returns this counts as an interchange.