ROB Hall admits one of his biggest reliefs on Saturday was getting through the first crunching tackle that came his way.

It did not take long for the winger to draw a foul in his ten-minute appearance against Doncaster Rovers.

But Hall was unscathed, something that was not lost on the 25-year-old.

“You kind of ask to be fouled after what I have been through,” he said.

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“It’s the one thing in training you can’t replicate.

“The lads probably think I’m a bit like glass so don’t want to go in too hard, but once you’re on the pitch nothing matters.

“I rode the challenge, I knew it was coming but got it on my left knee and fell on my right where I had the injury so that was a positive.”