sentences:  In June 2010, Grounds extended his Middlesbrough contract for a further two years.He made one League Cup appearance early in the 2010–11 season, when 13 senior professionals were unavailable through injury or international duty, and was then loaned to Scottish Premier League club Hibernian until 30 January 2011 so that he could play regularly at first-team level.He went straight into the starting eleven for Hibernian's next match, a 1–1 draw at home to Inverness Caledonian Thistle, and opened the scoring in a League Cup match against Kilmarnock that Hibernian lost 3–1, continuing a string of poor results that culminated in the departure of manager John Hughes.