0 in sports such as football or rugby, the practice of regularly replacing players on a team with other players from the squad (= all the available players): --
He only missed the round 24 and 26 to squad rotation.
He came back to find himself used in squad rotation, helping the club out on the wing and up front.
Advantages of a squad rotation system are that it gives everyone in it a rest, meaning that fatigue and injury is less likely.
Gutirrez was getting playing time as part of a squad rotation system.
