ROVERS will head to the Riverside and in instant reunion with Jordan Rhodes this weekend on the back of three successive largely goalkeeper-inspired draws with Middlesbrough.

But there was a period during the first decade following the turn of the Millennium when they could not stop beating Boro.

Rovers recorded a run of six straight victories over their Teeside opponents between December 2005 and August 2007 with the most thrilling coming at Ewood Park on March 18, 2006.

Mark Hughes’ European place-chasing side overcame the controversial loss of Robbie Savage’s first and only red card of his club career to win 3-2 thanks to a brilliant brace from the on-fire Craig Bellamy.