West of Scotland 19 - 37 Glasgow Hawks: Hawks reign in the West

Hawks' reward for this Cup quarter-final win is a juicy home tie with Ayr on Saturday.

Hawks scored tries in 13 and then 19 minutes, the first by winger Joffy White, the second being a push-over registered by Hawks' No 8 Grant Strang.

West responded with a break into the visitors' 22, then unexpectedly pushed Hawks' scrum over their line for flanker Jack Walker to get the touch down.

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In 33 minutes West lock Donald Gray finished off a lively attack with a try, but after the interval Hawks centres Dean Kelbrick and Tom Preece crossed the line in quick succession and Craig Gossman converted both.

West stand-off Conor Davis then charged down a clearing kick for a try he converted himself, but a late try from sub Sean Murray converted by Gossman who also kicked a penalty put a gloss on the winning margin.

Hawks' coach Peter Wright said: "It was a really good ding-dong game with West doing everything - not always legally - to stay in the match. My boys stuck in well, raising their game at the right times. We go forward to face Ayr heads up"

Home coach Keith Robertson noted: "I can't fault my boys for effort; we just didn't get the rub of the green."

Scorers: West: Tries: Walker, Gray, C Davis.Cons: C Davis 2. Hawks: Tries: White, Strang, Kelbrick, Preece, Murray. Cons: Gossman 3. Pens: Gossman 2.

West: A Fisken; K Matheson, R Dalgleish, M Horner, C McKenzie; C Davis, M Davis; S Longwell, D McKenna, A Hunter, D Gray, M Jenkinson, J Walker, D Young , C Morrison.Subs: E McLaren, G Haswell, J Harley, A De Ste Croix, C McConnell.

Hawks: C Gossman; J White, D Kelbrick, T Preece, R Hair; P Jericevich, P Boyer; A Smith, N Nyemba, G Strain, N Campbell, R Hamilton, A Hill, B Karalus, G Strang. Subs: P Henderson, S Cameron, A Kirkland, T Steven, S Murray.

Referee: A McPherson.