CRAIG Conway will return to the Blackburn Rovers squad for the trip to Fulham, though Charlie Mulgrew and Sam Gallagher will be assessed before a decision is made on whether they will travel.

The trio all missed the game at Norwich City on Saturday, with Conway attending the birth of his daughter, while Mulgrew and Gallagher are both struggling with slight hamstring strains.

Conway will be back in the squad after a one game absence, but Mulgrew and Gallagher  will be assessed by Rovers ahead of the trip to Craven Cottage which is Rovers’ game in hand on their Championship rivals.

Mowbray felt the injuries suffered by Mulgrew and Gallagher were ‘overload injuries’, with Rovers having played five games in 15 days.

Mulgrew had travelled with the squad to Norwich, only to be pulled out of the squad just hours before the game, after failing a late fitness test.

“Craig will travel, Charlie and Sam will be assessed by the medical department and doing what we think is the best option for them,” head coach Mowbray said.

“Mulgrew picked up a slight hamstring, as did Sam, and they are fatigue injuries, after five games in 15 days.

“The games keep coming and as we have found a few of their bodies will break down with the work, there is a lot of work, especially with the intensity of how we’re trying to play and trying to get some points.”

Mowbray named the same side for three games running prior to the Norwich trip where he made three enforced changes.

Tommie Hoban, Elliott Bennett and Danny Graham were all recalled to the starting line-up at Carrow Road, and Mowbray revealed there won’t be ‘huge changes’ for the Fulham game.

He added: “For my first three or four games it was pretty much the same team because we had won two games 1-0 and dominated for large spells at Burton on the first one.

“You have to trust the lads that have been doing well but you know that the workload will eventually break them down and then you find out about the others on a matchday, their personalities.

“It wasn’t a case of rotation for the sake of rotations sake, it was trying to keep the confidence and belief going from some positive results and we’re still in that vein.

“There won’t be huge changes going to Fulham as although we were frustrated at the weekend, there were lots of positives and we have to try and use them to go in to this one.”

Hoban came through 90 minutes on his first outing since undergoing shoulder surgery in November.

And Mowbray added: “It was good for Tommie to come through the 90 minutes, particularly against their centre forward (Cameron Jerome) because I think his physicality and athleticism helped.

“I didn’t see it as a huge negative (losing Mulgrew) although Charlie’s composure and ability to pass forward would have been helpful against 10 men as he could have stepped in to midfield and pick a pass.”