West Cumbrian Rio Hardy was on the scoresheet to help Rangers Women win the Old Firm derby.
The Workington star struck an early goal against Celtic as Rangers went on to win 3-2.
Hardy, from Workington, opened the scoring after just four minutes at New Douglas Park.
Her left-footed effort from the edge of the box took a deflection and dipped over Celtic keeper Kelsey Daugherty.
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— Rangers Women (@RangersWFC) November 17, 2024
The 28-year-old's goal had Rangers in front until shortly before the break when Caitlin Hayes levelled for Celtic.
The sides traded further goals with Katie Wilkinson's 62nd-minute Gers penalty cancelled out by Saoirse Noonan, before Chelsea Cornet's superbly-taken 78th-minute strike won it for Rangers.
The result kept unbeaten Rangers in second place in the Scottish Women's Premier League table, a point behind Glasgow City, with Celtic fifth after 13 games.
Hardy's goal took her to 12 for the season while she also has eight assists to her name.
The west Cumbrian has been on Rangers' books since the summer of 2023, having previously been with Durham, Coventry United, Cypriot club Apollon Ladies and Grindavik in Iceland.
Her youth days saw Hardy and twin sister Steffi star for Seaton Girls, before she spent time in Blackburn Rovers' academy before heading to the USA with university side South Alabama Jaguars.
Steffi, a defender, captains Apollon Ladies.
Rangers' head coach Jo Potter, speaking to Rangers TV after the derby win, said: "We said this is probably the real first kind of moment where they were under a little bit of pressure and wanting to prove that we are the better.
“I said to them this is the first chance that we have got to prove that today.
“We can't keep saying that we are playing the better football, in good form, we needed to make sure that we showed it today and I think we showed that we were definitely by far the better team in my opinion.
“Our players feel that way and our fans will definitely feel that way, we just deserved to get the three points today.”
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