The EB Lamb and Son Amateur Cup final will be contested by last season’s beaten finalists Wath Brow A and Hensingham A.
In the week-end semi-final Wath Brow beat Aspatria 34-14 in the battle of the Hornets while Hensingham A were 34-24 winners against Kells A.
Wath Brow started strongly against Aspatria, leading 22-6 at half-time and they finished with six tries from Matt Sibbald (3), Luke Spivey, Luke Davison and Brad White with Sibbald landing five goals.
Aspatria battled throughout and scored three tries through Jordan Moore, Mark Irwin and Ben Tootill. There was one conversion from Toothill who improved his own first-half try.
Respective men of the match were Greg Rooney (Wath Brow) and young winger Jordan Moore (Aspatria).
Paul Farrell, the Wath Brow coach, said: “It was a proper Cup semi-final and although I thought we were in control Aspatria kept coming at us to the end and credit to them.
“We played some nice rugby and scored some good tries but I wasn’t best-pleased with our defence which we spoke about at the end.
“It wasn’t one of our best performances, and maybe after scoring two quick tries we thought it was going to be easy, but the main thing in a semi-final is to win it – and we did that.”
Aspatria chairman Mark Ridley added: “Wath Brow scored the first three tries of the game and led 22-6 at half-time but our lads dug in and responded well. It was two tries apiece in the second-half and we restored our pride after last week’s heavy defeat.
“I’d like to give a special word to referee Neil Byers who controlled the game well and we wish Wath Brow all the best for the final.”
Kells A led 12-6 at half-time in their derby clash at Hensingham A but the home side finished the stronger to win with ten points in hand.
They scored tries through man of the match Dave Cartmell (2), Dylan Bragg, Luca Hiddleston, Liam Quail and Dylan Cromwell with Bragg landing five goals.
The Kells tries were scored by man of the match Callum Kinrade (2), Jacob Johnson and Dan Grears with Ross Gainford kicking three goals.
Hensingham coach Chris Crowe said: “It was a great win in a super-tight semi-final against a really good Kells side.
“After the first 10 minutes it looked as though Kells might blow Hensingham away but the lads stuck at it and got themselves back in the game.
“For the rest of the match there was nothing in it with Hensingham taking their chances and executing them well when they got them.
“The lads have been really resilient this season and it showed in this game.”
Jonathan Wignall the Kells coach said: “We started superbly and played very well for 20 minutes, getting into a good lead for the second week running. But again we failed to capitalize on the hard work that we had put in.
“We need to learn, and learn quickly, that the game is 80 minutes long.
“Hensingham were superbly marshalled around the field in an outstanding performance by their half back and deserved their victory We wish them well in the final.
“We are suffering as a squad at the moment with injuries within both teams but we are not making excuses at all. We had a good team out and again were on the end of a heavy penalty count, conceding 20 penalties in the second half after leading 24-12.
“That is something we will again work on in training this week to rectify. We cannot expect to win games of rugby when we give the opposition the ball for lengthy periods.”
There was also one League game which finished all-square – Lowca 38, Distington A 38.
For Lowca there were tries for man of the match Xenden Callendar (3), James McNally (2), Ashton Briscoe and Mitchell Todd with five goals from Keith Campbel.
Distington A, who led 26-16 at half-time scored tries from Regan Farrell (2), Jack Penrice, Aaron O’Donnell, Kelvin Lynch, Kieran Worthington and Jack Worthington.
Man of the match Callum Fox kicked five goals.
