RANGERS, finally, are on a Rohl.
Danilo’s early strike combined with Jack Butland’s late penalty save from Jamie McGrath saw the Ibrox side win back-to-back games for the first time this season.
It’s a feat Russell Martin wasn’t able to achieve once during his disastrous 18-game spell in charge.
Replacement Danny Rohl, in contrast, has got there just three matches into his reign.
And a third win on the spin over Celtic on Sunday would go a long way to getting the club’s season back on track.
This wasn’t pretty but it was gritty from Gers with Nico Raskin and Connor Barron leading the way as they snapped into challenges.
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THE VERDICT
Hibs: Sallinger 6, Bushiri 7, Hanley 6, Iredale 6, C Cadden 2 (Chaiwa 23, 5), Mulligan 6, Barlaser 5 (Hoilett 64, 3), N Cadden 6, McGrath 5 (Campbell 87, 1), Klidje 5 (Boyle 64, 3), Bowie 5 (Youan 64, 3).
Subs: GK Smith, Obita, Mitchell, Megwa.
Booked: C Cadden, Hanley
Rangers: Butland 7, Djiga 6, Souttar 7, Cornelius 6, Aarons 6, Meghoma 4 (Tavernier 64, 4), Raskin 8, Barron 7, Moore 5 (Aaasgaard 64, 3), Danilo 4 (Gassama 45, 4), Chermiti 6 (Miovski 77, 2)
Subs: Kelly, Fernandez, Curtis, Diomande, Rothwell.
Booked: Meghoma, Cornelius, Barron
Referee: John Beaton 6
New boss Rohl kicked every ball on the touchline as he animatedly barked orders at his players.
And he was also smart enough to take off Jayden Meghoma at the break rather than risk him being sent off.
Gray’s side saw plenty of the ball but lacked the clinical edge that took them past Aberdeen last weekend.
And it means Rohl’s side are now a point above them as they moved into third spot in the Premiership.
The German dropped FIVE players to the bench as he continued to weigh up the squad at his disposal.
James Tavernier, Thelo Aasgaard, Mohamed Diomande, Djeidi Gassama and Bojan Miovski all made way.
And Max Aarons, Nasser Djiga, Connor Barron, Mikey Moore and Youssef Chermiti stepped in.
Hibs boss Gray made one enforced switch, Rocky Bushiri in for the injured Warren O’Hora.
And his side had the first chance of the game with barely four minutes on the clock.
McGrath helped the ball into the path of Nicky Cadden, who had space to run into down the left.
The wing back could have taken the ball in further but chose to go for goal from distance.
But his low effort was straight at Butland with the keeper getting down to beat his shot away.
And having survived that scare Rohl’s side went up the park and took the early lead
Meghoma did well to cut out Chris Cadden’s attempted pass up the right touchline.
The ball spun back to Chermiti, who showed good feet on the edge of the home box.
He laid the ball inside to Danilo, who took one touch to steady himself in front of goal.
And from 18 yards he almost stroked his shot past Raphael Sallinger and into the keeper’s left corner.
It was the 26-year-old’s second goal in as many games following his strike against Killie at the weekend.
And it stunned Gray’s side, who had hoped to land an early blow themselves.
Butland scooped up another low attempt, this time from McGrath, as they looked to respond.
Moore had Sallinger scrambling at the other end as Gers hunted a second.
Cadden’s miserable night up against Meghoma continued when he was booked for a pull in the 10th minute.
McGrath’s clever pass ten minutes later played in Thibault Klidje, again down Hibs left.
But just as he was about to pull the trigger Djiga slid in with a terrific tackle.
Cadden’s evening came to an abrupt end when he was hooked for Miguel Chaiwa in the 23rd minute.
Meghoma was booked for bundling over the Hibs sub on the half hour mark.
Grant Hanley saw a header from a corner tipped aside by Butland two minutes later.
The Scotland man was carded soon for a blatant foul on Chermiti on the halfway line.
It stopped a promising Gers counter with Hibs having lost the ball inside the visitors half.
And the bookings kept coming with Derek Cornelius next in the 40th minute.
The Gers stopper caught Kieron Bowie late after the striker had tracked back to win the ball off him.
And then Meghoma rode his luck when he appeared to catch Bowie’s face during first half injury time.
So Rohl took no chances, withdrawing Meghoma at half-time and sending on captain Tavernier.
And Danilo also went off with Gassama taking his place in attack.
When play restarted Hibs again started brightly, as they had done in the opening period.
Chaiwa got to the byline in the 47th minute but his cross hit Klidje a yard out and bounced to safety.
Barron saw yellow for a tug on McGrath in the 54th minute as the challenges continued to fly in.
Moore showed great feet to get away from Barlaser and Bushiri but his final ball let him down.
Both sides made changes with Rohl throwing on Theo Aaasgaard for Moore and Bojan Miovski for Chermiti.
Gray sent on Martin Boyle, Elie Youan and Junior Hoilett for Klidje, Bowie and Dan Barlaser.
Josh Mulligan made a crucial block to keep out Miovski following a good run from Raskin.
And with five minutes left Hibs were gifted a huge chance to get themselves back into the game.
Tavernier’s slip on the edge of his own box allowed Youan to steal possession and move towards goal.
And Barron’s clumsy attempt to retrieve the situation saw him bundle sub Hoilett to the floor.
Ref John Beaton was a matter of yards away and pointed to the penalty spot without any hesitation.
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Butland, however, threw himself down to his right to get a strong hand to the Irishman’s spot kick.
And from there Gers held on to secure a much needed three points to set themselves up for Hampden.
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