Roofe hat-trick cuts Celtic lead to six

Following exertions in Portugal on Thursday, Van Bronckhorst reshuffled his squad

RangersÕ Kemar Roofe with the match ball after scoring a hat-trick during the cinch Premiership match at The SMISA Stadium, Paisley. Picture  Andrew Milligan/PA Wire 

Kemar Roofe bagged his first Rangers hat-trick in a 4-0 win at St Mirren to reduce the gap behind cinch Premiership leaders Celtic to six points.

The 29-year-old Gers striker headed the Light Blues in front before two minutes had elapsed and then nodded in a second in four added minutes at the end of the first half, by which time boss Giovanni Van Bronckhorst had lost John Lundstram and Filip Helander to injury.