DINGS Knights booked their place in the Bristol & District Combination Vase final after a hard-fought victory over their Clifton counterparts at Shaftesbury Park. The Knights will face Somerset Premier out-fit Yatton in the final on Wednesday, April 27 at Lockleaze Sports Centre.

Dings led 12-5 at half-time thanks to tries from Simon Tsangari and Tommy Gollop, plus a conversion from fly-half Archie Stapleton. The Knights really picked up the pace early in the second-half, forging a commanding 26-5 lead with further converted tries from Sam Slade and Anton Welling. Clifton's Alex Kilbane scored tries either side of Waylon Gasson's try to make it 33-19. Wanderers finished strongly and a converted try from Tom Jones made for a tense final few minutes. But the Knights held on to record their first victory over a Clifton side at Shaftesbury Park.

Dings scorers: Tsangari, Gollop, Slade, Welling, Gasson. Conversions: Stapleton (4).

Dings Knights: 15 Kingsley Miller; 14 Callum Whittaker, 13 Josh Body, 12 Hugo Harbinson, 11 Racine Wright, 10 Archie Stapleton, 9 Tom Knight; 1 Liam Appleton, 2 Tommy Gollop, 3 Nick English, 4 Alex Bilton, 5 Sam Slade, 6 Simon Tsangari, 7 Anton Welling, 8 Jake Holcombe. Reps: 16 Charlie Taylor, 17 Tony Harvey, 18 Miles Avery, 19 Waylon Gasson, 20 Harry Tovey.