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Marc McNulty scored his first Hibernian goal as the Premiership side eased past Raith Rovers to secure a place in the Scottish Cup quarter-finals.

First-half strikes by Daryl Horgan and Vykintas Slivka put Hibs firmly in control.

And on-loan Reading forward McNulty slotted home in the second half.

League One Raith pulled a goal back when Euan Murray headed in Nathan Flaganan's corner.

Hibernian were led once again by Eddie May and Grant Murray as the club deliberate over appointing a new head coach. Under their guidance, they rarely looked in danger.

Horgan collected Slivka's pass and curled past Robbie Thomson for the opener.

The Irish winger had a hand in the other two goals, his deflected cross laid off by McNulty for Slivka to finish and a long ball releasing McNulty for the third.

Raith's Murray provided them with some consolation and a bit of a rally in the final quarter-of-an-hour but the Kirkcaldy side could not repeat their 2014 cup win at Easter Road.

'Huge lift for Hibs' - analysis

BBC Scotland's Brian McLauchlin at Easter Road

All the pressure was on the home team and the Hibernian players managed their way through the tie with something to spare.

The recalled Horgan was a constant threat, before he had to be replaced with just under 30 minutes left and striker McNulty will be pleased to get on the scoresheet in his first start since joining the club.

The win will no doubt come as a huge lift for Hibs after Premiership defeats by Aberdeen and Celtic following the departure of head coach Neil Lennon.

May expected this to be his last game as Hibernian caretaker manager and whoever the new head coach will be will take over a squad more than capable of making further progress in this competition.

Rovers boss John McGlynn said pre-match it would be no disaster if they went out but he, along with his players, can be proud of the fight shown throughout.

'Raith didn't crumble' - reaction

Hibernian caretaker manager Eddie May: "The boys were at a decent standard, scored some very good goals and should've probably had a little bit more. The chances we created was very pleasing.

"Raith are going very well in their own league so they're always going to have spells in the game, we just have to combat that and I thought we did that extremely well."

Raith Rovers manager John McGlynn: "We've rallied round the second half. We got a goal back. As a team we didn't crumble, we stuck together.

"They didn't necessarily get round us and behind us and open us up. When you're the underdog you need the big team to play not so well, you need a flat performance. I thought Hibs played well."