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Oliver King

Luke Williams provides injury update on Notts County trio ahead of Bromley

Luke Williams has provided an injury update on three of his Notts County players ahead of their National League encounter with Bromley at Meadow Lane on Tuesday night.

In the Magpies' comfortable 4-0 win over Torquay at the weekend, midfielder Ruben Rodrigues was replaced by Quevin Castro after feeling some tightness in his hamstring, Williams revealed.

Aden Baldwin also made his return to the side after missing the previous six games through injury, playing 90 minutes for the first time since Notts' 5-0 win away to Dagenham and Redbridge last month.

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And defender Connell Rawlinson was seen limping early in the first half following a challenge with a Torquay defender but showed no signs of struggle after placing home the opener from the edge of the area.

Speaking ahead of the fixture with Andy Woodman's side, the Magpies boss was able to provide an injury update on the trio, with Williams expecting all three to be involved at Meadow Lane.

Ruben Rodrigues

"The amount of work he does is evident just by watching the game.

"He is repeating that every game, high intensity and pressure on the ball and making high intensity actions on the ball to try and create openings.

"That takes its toll after a number of games, and he felt some tightness in his hamstring, and we have quality to replace players when they begin to suffer, and it was the right thing to do at that time."

Aden Baldwin

With Richard Brindley back available again following his red card against Wealdstone, Williams may look to rest Baldwin after only just returning from a six-week lay-off, but the Magpies boss explained he came through training well and is fortunate to have a number of options if he was to make changes to his back three.

"There is obviously some natural soreness because he returned to play fairly quickly after quite a long lay-off.

"But he came through training without a problem, tomorrow he will be less sore.

"Brinds is a brilliant footballer, and we are very fortunate to have four guys in that position to pick from and of course Baj can play there as well, so we are very fortunate and are happy with that problem."

Connell Rawlinson

"He will be available," explained Williams.

"There is some soreness but it's not so much that it stopped him from taking part in training today.

"I would like to think he will be in better condition tomorrow as well, so we have good options there."

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