In the 2017 Super Rugby season, the Brumbies rested 12 players for the final-round game against the Chiefs.
The Brumbies went down to the Chiefs 28-10 before being knocked out in the quarter-final the following weekend by the Hurricanes.
The most infamous case of resting players took place in 2001, when the Waratahs rested a number of key players for the final regular game of the season, having already secured a place in the playoffs.