5 talking points as Rangers break Hearts and Scott Wright seals Scottish Cup glory

Revved-up Rangers buried their pain in Spain and ended a 13-year wait for Scottish Cup glory with an extra time defeat of Hearts at Hampden.

After a first goalless final since 1990, Ryan Jack and Scott Wright netted in extra time to ensure the Ibrox side don’t end a lung-busting campaign empty-handed.

It was a case of out of the Seville frying pan and into the fire of a Hampden final.

But after digging deep once again Gio van Bronckhorst’s side somehow found extra spark to get the job done.

Allan McGregor was even brought off the bench with two minutes left of extra time in as clear a signal as there’s been that the veteran goalkeeper is about to bring a stellar career to an end.

John Souttar was in for his first Hearts start in two months - but also his last before making a summer switch to Ibrox. Not that there was any doubt over the defender’s loyalties as he put in a commanding display, positionally perfect and with a series of crucial blocks.

But it was Rangers - who made five changes to their Europa League Final line-up - who left with the silverware.

Hearts opened brightly, as may have been expected after Rangers Euro exertions. Ellis Simms was the target as they looked to use his muscle and get Liam Boyce feeding off his knock downs.

But it was Everton loanee Simms himself who should have opened the scoring after 10 minutes when Nathaniel Atkinson played in Boyce on the right of the box and his low ball to the back post was just too far ahead of Simms who could only knock against the base of the post and wide.

At the other end a long diagonal from Connor Goldson caught out Alex Cochrane and Amad Diallo’s superb first touch deserved more but his cut back was snuffed out.

Scott Arfield had an effort blocked