Doncaster will be favourites to book a trip to Wembley after a 0-0 draw with Southend in the first leg of their League One play-off semi-final.
They will have to do without Paul Heffernan, however, after the midfielder saw red for a headbutt on Charlie Mulgrew.
Rovers shrugged off the disappointment of missing out on automatic promotion on the final day of the regular season to put in a battling display.
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