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Martyn Waghorn injury boost for Rangers

<span style="font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; ">Waghorn's injury will only see him miss two weeks of action</span>
Waghorn's injury will only see him miss two weeks of action Waghorn's injury will only see him miss two weeks of action

Rangers have received a boost after Martyn Waghorn's injury lay-off was restricted to about two weeks.

The forward left the pitch distraught after pulling up with a hamstring problem late in Saturday's opening Ladbrokes Premiership draw with Hamilton.

But his injury improved quickly and, following a scan, he wrote on Twitter: "Good result, not as bad as it could have been. Roughly 2 weeks out, hard work has begun to come back stronger."

The former Sunderland and Leicester striker will sit out Saturday's trip to Dundee and looks like missing a home game against Motherwell, but could return against Kilmarnock at Rugby Park on August 26. Rangers' next game will then be at Celtic Park on September 10.

Waghorn scored his fifth goal in four matches on Saturday and the news will come as a major relief both to him and his manager, Mark Warburton, who is still trying to sign another striker.

The 26-year-old missed 10 weeks late last season after suffering a knee injury during a William Hill Scottish Cup win over Kilmarnock.

Warburton admitted the news came as a relief.

The Ibrox boss told his club's official website: "Martyn had a scan this week and hopefully it is just a grade one or two tear we are looking at, so two to three weeks, fingers crossed, which is good news.

"It is a relief in a way because straight after the incident you saw the distress he was in in terms of the injury and it looked bad at the time.

"The medical team looked after him well, he's scanned well, presented well so fingers crossed it's far less worse than first expected."

Warburton confirmed defenders Danny Wilson and Lee Wallace would be available for the Dens Park trip after missing the midweek cup win over Peterhead with a sickness bug.

Former Accrington pair Josh Windass (nerve) and Matt Crooks (ankle) are both close to returning to training.