OLD Bristolians booked their place in the Charles Saunders Combination Vase final – and consolidated top spot in Gloucester Premier – with a 46-7 double-header victory at Bristol Saracens.
The visitors set the tone for much of the game when No 8 Gareth Graham scored an early pushover try from a five-metre scrum, Jack Price converting.
Saracens rallied with a solo chip-and-chase score from winger David Wright, who also added the extras. But that was as good as it got for the home side as Old Bs forged 26-7 clear at the break and kept the pressure on to clinch a comprehensive win.
Price went on to finish with 21 points, converting his own try and adding three further conversions and two penalties.
Graham crossed for a second score, while there were also tries from winger Steve Forster, prop Nick Cussen and Garth Hannaford.
The second Vase semi-final, between Bishopston and Southmead, is also a league double-header, on March 10.
Southmead remain in the promotion hunt thanks to a hard-earned 21-10 victory at St Mary's.
Prop Gary Sposito gave the visitors a perfect start with an early try, with Ryan Goodman also touching down and Rob Haddow landing three penalties.
At the other end of the table, Bishopston made it three in a row with a 9-6 home win over relegation rivals Old Colstonians.
All the points came in the first half from the boot of Casper Brown, who was making only his fifth start of the season.
Skipper Mike Monaghan, at prop, and No 8 Jonny Jenkins were equally vital figures with stand-out performances.
The result means Bish, at one stage 13 points adrift of safety, are now within a bonus point win of Old Cs and Frampton Cotterell, who tumbled 30-17 at Widden.
In Gloucester Two, leaders Chipping Sodbury forged five points clear with a 15-3 triumph at Broad Plain as second-placed BAC slipped up 8-3 at home to in-form Cotham Park.
Man-of-the-match Jon Alexander, at No 8, claimed his side's try, as Park pushed BAC backwards at a scrum, while Damien Myers added a penalty and also played a key role late on in holding up the home side over the line.
Park have conceded only nine points in their last four outings, and are up to fourth, six points behind Broad Plain with a game in hand.
Holders Dings Crusaders entertain Avonmouth in the Charles Saunders Combination Cup semi-finals tonight (7.30pm).
Old Redcliffians are away tomorrow to Bridgwater & Albion (7.45pm) in the quarter-finals of the Somerset Cup.
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