Boothroyd, speaking to the CT, on the injuries to David Bell and Stephan O'Halloran said: "Stephen has come from Villa and it is a different intensity to the reserves but he is a terrific player. He has got a little bit of a stiff back and we don't want to risk any injuries and with Belly, because of the operation he had on his knee in the summer."
"What we don't want to do is risk bringing him back too soon, so it is a case of little and often for him and we are not quite happy with him playing a game just yet, but he will get his games in. I gave a few players 90 minutes at Northampton."
"Carl Baker had to go off injured in Austria and I started to see him stretching off so I didn't want to risk him, so I took him off. It is about measuring it and managing it and making sure that if I think one or two are struggling them I take them off and give someone else a go."