Gary Wales' injury-time strike gave Kilmarnock a share of the points against Hibernian at Rugby Park.

Young English defender Chris Hogg scored his first goal for the Edinburgh club on the hour to cancel out Steven Naismith's opener for Killie in the 30th minute.

Garry O'Connor then netted five minutes from time with a clinical finish as Hibs looked set to end their poor recent record away from home in style.

But for the second match running Wales struck at the death from close range to deny Tony Mowbray's side.

Wales was rewarded by Jim Jefferies - like Mowbray in the stand for this match - for his last-gasp winner against Dundee United with a rare start up front and he offered two early threats to Hibs.

He burst into the box in the opening minute before being stopped by a desperate tackle from Stephen Glass and then hooked a difficult volley narrowly wide seconds later.

Right-back Steven Whittaker offered Hibs' first threat after 11 minutes with a fierce drive just over and seven minutes later a superb crossfield ball from Kevin Thomson picked out Derek Riordan and his excellent centre was just missed by O'Connor on the six-yard line.

Scotland striker O'Connor - recalled in place of suspended midfielder Scott Brown - forced Alan Combe into a brilliant save in the 21st minute with a sweet strike from just outside the box as Hibs pressed for the opener.

The visitors suffered a blow in the 24th minute, though, when French playmaker Guillaume Beuzelin had to be carried off on a stretcher, meaning Hogg came on to replace him with Gary Caldwell moving from centre-half into midfield.

The change undoubtedly affected Hibs' momentum and on the half-hour Naismith fired Killie ahead with a fine 25-yard effort which Zbigniew Malkowski really ought to have kept out.

Malkowski was almost caught out again six minutes later when James Fowler spotted him trying to anticipate a cross and went for goal, the Polish keeper having to quickly recover his ground.

Malkowski did, however, do well just before half-time to keep out fit-again Allan Johnston from close range after the former Hearts man had brilliantly wriggled free on the touchline.

Unsurprisingly, Hibs began the second half with plenty of intent and from Thomson's inswinging 60th-minute corner substitute Hogg lashed the equaliser high into the net after a furious scramble inside the Killie six-yard box.

Danny Invincibile could have regained Killie's lead a minute later but he fired wildly over from a tight angle and it was to be his last involvement as Jefferies replaced him with Gary McDonald.

The visitors made a second enforced substitution of the day when experienced centre-half Gary Smith hobbled off in the 75th minute to be replaced by Dutchman Humphrey Rudge.

But, unlike in the first half, Mowbray's men did not stutter after the switch and continued to press for the winner.

Their efforts were rewarded five minutes from time when Caldwell slid O'Connor through and he made no mistake, firing clinically into the top left-hand corner for his ninth SPL goal of the season.

Killie rallied though and more than a minute into injury time Wales struck the equaliser from close range - after David Lilley's header had come back off the post - to give his side a point.

Teams

Kilmarnock Combe, Greer, Hay, Lilley, Wright, Johnston, Invincibile (McDonald 61), Fowler, Wales, Naismith, Nish (Di Giacomo 87).

Subs Not Used: Bell, Dodds, Murray, Campbell, Loy.

Goals: Naismith 30, Wales 90.

Hibernian Malkowski, Whittaker, Glass, Caldwell, Smith (Rudge 76), Thomson, Riordan, Fletcher (McDonald 87), Beuzelin (Hogg 25), O'Connor, Sproule.

Subs Not Used: Simon Brown, Konte, Morrow, Murphy.

Booked: Glass, Thomson, Whittaker.

Goals: Hogg 60, O'Connor 85.

Att: 9,224

Ref: B Winter (Scotland).