The Derby manager had lost first-choice goalkeeper Stephen Bywater in the warm-up after he aggravated a shoulder injury and Stephen Pearson was another casualty to emerge from this game.

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Michael Platt damaged his heel in the warm-up and was replaced by Jason Crookes, while scrum-half Matt Orford went off with a shoulder injury early in the second half.

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