Adam Rooney books cup final date for Aberdeen against Bhoys

There was a distinctly Irish flavour to Aberdeen’s 3-2 win over Hibernian in Saturday’s Scottish Cup semi-final.

Adam Rooney gave Aberdeen a dream start when he capitalised on a defensive calamity after just 12 seconds to open the scoring.

Aberdeen doubled their advantage after 25 minutes but Hibs fought back and the game was delicately poised at 2-2 when Jonny Hayes, assisted by a large stroke of luck, intervened with just four minutes remaining.