The progress of Domingos Quina and the worry over Shane Ferguson, Ollie Rathbone and Lee Peltier as Rotherham United gear up for QPR test

INJURED loanee Domingos Quina is on course for a Rotherham United return at the start of next month.

The attacking midfielder, signed from Watford until the end of the season in the final few hours of the January transfer window, made only one brief substitute's appearance before being sidleined by a knee problem.

The Millers hope he will be back in contention for the April 1 trip to Hull City.

"If his recovery continues to progress in the manner it has, we expect to have him available in some capacity when we return from the March international break," manager Matt Taylor said.

Midfielder Ben Wiles is more than halfway through his rehabilitation from ankle surgery at the turn of the year and should play again in late April.

The outlook is less promising for another loanee, centre-half Grant Hall, who suffered a third hamstring injury in three months against Sunderland nine days ago and saw a specialist on Monday.

"Never say never, but he will do well to feature again this season," Taylor said.

Rotherham continue their Championship survival push at home to Queens Park Rangers on Saturday and have fitness concerns over three of their regular starters.

Winger Shane Ferguson hurt his groin in the 1-1 draw at Swansea City on Monday night while midfield man Ollie Rathbone and right-back are nursing well-publicised groin and hamstring issues respectively

"Shane has not been out training with us today, he has been with the physios," said Matt Taylor. "We will give him 24 hours and he might need another 24 hours after that just to give himself time to recover and be in a position to be available for the weekend. He is one we are a little bit unsure of.

"Ollie and Lee are in the same position as Shane: all three of them have soreness. It's a race against time. We are taking it day by day.

"I can't tell you if they will be involved in training tomorrow let alone in the game on Saturday. We have got to make sensible decisions. We will give it as long as we can."