Once a Jambo always a Jambo it seems, so the relish shown by Christian Nade will only have exacerbated the pain for home supporters at Easter Road yesterday after the big Frenchman scored the goal that spoiled Hibernian's week.

These may have been the first points Raith have dropped away from home this season, but having fallen behind to the team that beat Rangers at Ibrox on Monday, maintaining their unbeaten road record was still a fine achievement.

"I was waiting for that for a long time," Nade said afterwards, grinning toothily. Four years have passed since he left Tynecastle, but he scored in a couple of Edinburgh derby matches and the grudge was evident in the reception he received in Leith, while he came up with the perfect sportsman's response..

"I actually like the abuse they give me," Nade added. "I would have felt bad if they hadn't done that. I hope they will do it the next time we play as well. I have nothing to prove to Hibs fans. I just want to show I can score against them whenever I want to."

His goal was well taken and he had done much of the work to earn it, taking the ball into the box then back-heeling it to Ryan Conroy who managed to get the ball back to him under pressure to let the striker pick his spot. The strike was sweet and the moment sweeter since he had been on his best behaviour up to that point in anticipation of the celebration.

Nade explained: "I tried to stay calm the whole game so I wouldn't get booked before that because I knew I would score."

Hibs got what they deserved for relinquishing the initiative gained at the end of a first half during which they had played the better football and created more chances before scoring a goal which rewarded creativity, vision and hard work.

Lewis Stevenson initiated the move, feeding Scott Robertson as he headed into space on the right and Jason Cummings attempted to flick his cross goalwards, but was off target. Callum Booth did not give up on it, however, as he chased in from the left flank and got the ball back across goal where Robertson had the easiest of finishes.

That goal came a minute before the interval, but Hibs rarely looked like adding to it in the second half, leaving their frustrated manager, Alan Stubbs, to suggest that while most of his men deserved better than pass marks, they ultimately lost because they were at sixes and sevens.

"We didn't have enough eight out of 10 today, we had sixes and sevens. When you want to win games you need to have all eights and maybe a nine," was his assessment of how the sum of the individual parts had failed to add up to what was required.