Richardson's men are bottom of the Championship, 14 points from safety.

"To concede like we did at the end is obviously heart-wrenching for the players," he told BBC Radio Sheffield.

"The players can take a lot of pride from the performance because they've gone toe-to-toe with a very good team.

"I think the last handful of games we've come up on most stats in the game, apart from the most important one."

He added: "I think you saw the good, the bad and the ugly of us tonight. I think you saw little things that show why we are in this position and you also saw things why we possibly shouldn't be.

"If we give a level of performance like we did today at QPR then we'll win the game."

The Millers have lost their past five matches and last recorded a victory on 26 December.

They are without an away win all season and last won a league game on their travels in November 2022, when they beat local rivals Sheffield United 1-0.

With seven games on the road still to play they will look to avoid repeating history - the last team to go a whole season without a win on the road in the Championship was Rotherham in 2016-17.

Should they fail to win at fellow strugglers QPR on Saturday their winless run on the road will stretch to 30 matches.