BRADLEY Dack is hoping his season is now up and running after his first Rovers goal, and 90 minutes, in the 1-1 draw at Shrewsbury Town.

Dack has been hampered by niggling hamstring injuries since arriving at Ewood Park this summer having been forced off in his previous two starts for the club.

But he came up with the equaliser at the Montgomery Waters Meadow with five minutes to go as Rovers came from behind to draw at the league leaders.

“To get 90 minutes is a good boost for me and to get the goal was even better so hopefully I can kick on now,” Dack told the Lancashire Telegraph.

“It was nice to score late on, it gave us a boost and the boys were saying that we could go on and win it.

“We had a couple of half chances after that, a few scrambles in the box, but it was one of those days.

“We showed a lot of character to come up against a team who have been strong at home this season, top of the league and get a point.

“If we win our next two games then we will probably look back at that as a good point.

“We will take the point, another on the board, and take that in to Tuesday.”

Dack had started the opening two away games of the campaign, at Southend United and Bradford City, but picked up hamstring strains in the second half of each game. But he was handed a start, on the left side of midfield, at Shrewsbury by manager Tony Mowbray after impressive cameos off the bench in recent weeks.

He will hoping to keep his place in the team when Rotherham United arrive at Ewood Park tomorrow (7.45pm), and added: “Personally it was nice to get 90 minutes – the first of the season.

“To come through it without an injury was a positive but we would have liked to have taken the three points.

“Hopefully everything is sorted in my hamstring, I have got rid of the niggles, and now I need to kick on and start playing well for the club.”

Dack was moved in to a more central area for the final 20 minutes and he came up with the goal, sweeping home a Harry Chapman cross from the right.

He was forced in to plenty of defending, with Shrewsbury on top for much of the match, but says he is happy to put in the defensive work for the good of the team.

And he said: “The gaffer likes to set up like that away from home and if you are on the pitch then you have to do that.

“I don’t mind doing that work, everyone knows it’s probably not my strongest position but I will do it for the team.

“I got a bit more joy, more of the ball and got the goal from that position.

“I’m not sure what we will do on Tuesday, it is always a different game at Ewood, and it will be up to the gaffer what we do.”