Rovers have also lost the highly influential Damien Duff with another hamstring injury, the Irishman limping off in the first half.

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On their previous visit, the Knicks fell behind by 22 in the first half and lost Anthony, who came up limping after tripping and hurting his knee.

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Giants coach Nathan Brown, whose side have now not won away from home since beating Hull on 27 May, revealed that try scorer McGillvary will need x-rays after limping off early in the second half with an ankle injury.

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Derby were forced into a change two minutes before half-time when Barnes came on to replace the limping Claude Davis.

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The first half ended with both teams making enforced substitutions, Naismith limping off to be replaced by John Fleck and the winded Tom Hateley making way for Sutton.

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And when Greece lost both their starting centre backs - Avraam Papadopoulos limping off injured before Papastathopoulos was sent off for two bookings in nine first-half minutes -- it seemed a matter of how many for Lewandowski and Poland.

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