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BBC News
6 days ago
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Boro defender Lenihan to miss start of season
Middlesbrough boss Rob Edwards has confirmed that defender Darragh Lenihan will miss the start of the season with a muscle who has not featured for the side in a league game since September 2023, has recently been making his comeback from injury but was not present for the side's 2-2 pre-season draw with Deportivo on Saturday."Unfortunately, Darragh on Tuesday just felt a bit of a muscle pain," Edwards told BBC Radio Tees after the match."I think it's going to be three weeks or so, which is a frustrating one for us and for Darragh because he was doing so well."He felt good going into the training session, just literally passed the ball. That was the mechanism."Another player who did not feature was Rav van den Berg, though Edwards confirmed this was also due to injury and not because of any impending 42-year-old added: "Rav trained part of the session yesterday so not the full session."I'm expecting him to train on Monday."Listen to the full post-match interview with Edwards and more on BBC Sounds.
BBC News
21-07-2025
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Hackney is 'fully committed' to Boro
Middlesbrough boss Rob Edwards says midfielder Hayden Hackney is "fully committed" to the club despite being linked with a number of Premier League 23-year-old England Under-21 international featured in Boro's 3-3 pre-season draw at Mansfield Town on Saturday."As far as I know and I'm aware at the moment, he's here and that's why he's out playing on the pitch," Edwards told BBC Radio Tees."He's fully committed, he loves this football club."Another player who featured during the match was defender Darragh Lenihan, making his return to competitive football after almost two years Republic of Ireland international, capped four times by his country, has not featured since September 2023 after undergoing ankle surgery and Edwards is handling the 31-year-old's comeback with caution."He's getting there so we will keep building up the minutes," Edwards added."He's in a position where we are still always looking at what he's doing and trying to manage it but he wants to do everything."It's important we try to make some good decisions to try to keep him out there. It'll be a huge plus for us having a fit Darragh Lenihan."Listen to the full interview with Rob Edwards and more on BBC Sounds.
