Rory McKenzie is looking to enjoy Kilmarnock's final Premiership game of the season against Ross County today after another fraught campaign.

The Ayrshire club secured their top-flight status last season only in their last fixture against Hibernian, consigning the Easter Road side to the relegation play-off which they lost to Hamilton.

This season has been no less tense for Killie or the 21-year-old forward.

After an encouraging start to this campaign, Kilmarnock's late slide meant it was a 4-1 win in the penultimate match at Partick Thistle last week which kept them away from the play-off spot, and McKenzie is looking forward to a pressure-free game at Rugby Park.

McKenzie said: "We want to enjoy this game for the first time in a wee while.

"I know how it feels to go into the last game of the season needing something, as we did last year with Hibs.

"It wasn't nice and I didn't want to experience it again. So that is the main thing, to go out and enjoy our football again, and hopefully get a win and finish the season on a high.

"The season has been a tale of two halves. It only feels like yesterday when we were talking about how good a start it was and where we were going to finish in the league.

"And then obviously the second half of the season we went into a nosedive and had to win last week to avoid the play-off.

"There was a lot of relief. We had been saying for weeks that we needed one win and it wasn't coming.

"Seven defeats on the bounce made it really frustrating and so it was a huge sigh of relief."

Killie's convincing and crucial win at Firhill was overshadowed somewhat by the spat between striker Josh Magennis and team-mate Jamie Hamill.

The pair momentarily went head-to-head in an angry exchange which led to the Scottish FA's compliance officer offering the Northern Ireland international a two-match ban.

However, Magennis was cleared on appeal by an SFA tribunal. McKenzie said: "It has been blown massively out of proportion.

"I was watching from the sidelines and with the magnitude of the game, things got a bit heated.

"That is just the way they are. Two good guys to have in the dressing room. The next day we were all out having a laugh. They are fine."