Kilmarnock have hit back at Sevco after the Ibrox club blamed the 3G pitch at Rugby Park for the injury to Martyn Waghorn.
The former Wigan ace faces upto two months on the sidelines after injuring his knee during Tuesday’s Scottish Cup replay.
After hitting the deck Waggers was treated by the club physio, scored the penalty then hobbled off injured.
Rather than question the decision of the physio to allow their top scorer to continue Sevco blamed the ‘unforgiving’ surface for the injury.
Speaking to STV Killie secretary Michael Johnston said: “It’s disappointing the official Rangers website would carry such an ill-informed comment.
“The 3G pitch at Rugby Park is not only FIFA 2 star compliant, but also meets the higher standards set by international rugby. We have already hosted the world’s first full rugby international played on a synthetic pitch (Scotland v Tonga, November 2014).
“In January, we hosted Europe’s top club side in Racing 92 in their match with Glasgow Warriors and tomorrow evening we are hosting the Guinness PRO12 match between Warriors and Munster.
“Clearly there is far more physical contact with the 3G pitch during a rugby match and no player has sustained any injury related to the surface.
“The IRB require additional shock absorbency and impact protection beyond the requirements for football so the pitch at Rugby Park represents the most forgiving playing surface in Scottish professional football.
“My immediate reaction was the author of the article didn’t know what they were talking about and this is the sort of ill-informed remark that people tend to make about synthetic pitches without checking the facts.”
On Sunday Sevco will play on the artificial turf of Queen of the South’s Palmertson Park.