UNITED defender Rob Jones made his comeback from a broken nose in a 5-0 defeat for the Iron reserves at Leicester yesterday.

The club's record signing has been ruled out of action for Scunthorpe since the 2-1 win against Barnsley nearly a month ago following a clash of heads and subsequent discomfort when heading a ball.

But it was an unhappy return in claret and blue for Jones, as well as some other well established Iron players, as the reserve side were knocked out of the Totesport.com Cup at Hinckley United's Green King Stadium.

There was an unusually large media presence as the semi-final clash was being officiated by former Premier League referee Mark Halsey, after his recovery from cancer of the lymph nodes.

Fellow first team players such as Andrew Wright, Grant McCann, Josh Wright and Jonathan Forte also played in the defeat.

Perennial injury victim Kenny Milne was handed a rare start but the Scunthorpe centre-back had to be substituted after 34 minutes.

To make the defeat even more acrimonious for the experienced United reserves side, they were up against a Foxes team made up largely of young players.

Adi Yussuf scored a hat-trick and Elliott Chamberlain bagged a brace as the City front two made light work of a disappointing Iron outfit and sailed into the cup final.