Rotherham United braced for injury verdict they don't want on Georgie Kelly

The Irishman, who wrote himself into Millers folklore by scoring the League One promotion-sealing goal at Gillingham on his debut last season, lasted only eight minutes of yesterday's Championship clash against Norwich City at AESSEAL New York Stadium.

He limped off in the first half after coming on as substitute to replace another injured centre-forward, Conor Washington.

"Georgie looks like he has quite a serious hamstring tear," said manager Matt Taylor after the 2-1 defeat.

The frontman, who turns 26 next Saturday, is one of a number of players being assessed as Rotherham find themselves hit by an injury crisis.

Centre-half Grant Hall also had to leave the field against the Canaries while the Millers had already been without wing-backs Shane Ferguson and Tolaji Bola and another central defender, Jamie McCart.

Ferguson, who has been close to a comeback, broke down in training last Thursday with a continuation of his groin trouble.

Speaking last Friday, Taylor said: "The suggestion now he's gone two weeks since last playing is that he'll need a scan.

"His original scan results were clear but there's obviously an issue there. It might be neural - which we're getting a lot of at the moment - where it's coming from other parts of the body but affecting his groin.

McCart, who pulled up in the warm-up at Burnley last Wednesday after being named on the bench, is also being scanned.

Taylor blames the packed fixture scheduled - caused by too many games being crammed in before the World Cup break later this month - for the mounting issues with injuries and fatigue in his squad.

"These are constant problems we're getting," he said. "They're coming to us on a daily basis and there's no way of stemming that flow, I'm afraid."