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Scottish Cup roundup: Rangers get revenge on Queen’s Park with 8-0 rout

  • Tavernier hits hat-trick as hosts avoid repeat upset

  • Celtic leave it late to deny Dundee shock victory

James Tavernier scored a first-half hat-trick as Rangers thrashed Queen’s Park 8-0, avenging in style their Scottish Cup humiliation last season.

Queen’s Park famously beat their illustrious neighbours 1-0 at Ibrox in a fifth-round tie last year, but they suffered badly on their return against a Rangers side that has changed dramatically in the past 12 months. The Championship side only got through after Stranraer were expelled for fielding an ineligible player in the previous round.

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