Clayton cruised into the final of the RBR Bradford Cup with a 32-0 win over lacklustre Queensbury.

In the local showpiece final Clayton will meet Birkenshaw who won the other semi-final 10-6 against Undercliffe.

Clayton pulled off a masterstroke by switching centre Chris Parr to scrum-half.

The former BARLA international ran the game from start to finish.

Parr instigated the first try when he broke strongly up the middle to send the supporting Darren Collins charging over.

Full-back Adam Mitchell added the conversion.

Queensbury player-coach Martin Potts narrowly saved another certain try from Collins with a diving ankle tap but the Clayton centre gained his revenge by getting a drop goal to make it 7-0 at the break.

Queensbury opened well on the restart but suffered when a wild pass went straight to Parr who calmly sent winger Chris Swales on a long run to the corner.

The speedy winger cut inside for his second try soon afterwards which was again converted by Mitchell, who then added a penalty for offside.

The loss of half time substitute loose forward Danny Wilcock with a hamstring injury added to Queensbury's problems but forwards Gary Prentice and Dougie Lumb continued to cause the Villagers problems.

Collins was quick to slot over another drop goal before two converted power tries from hooker Chris Parkinson and substitute prop Mark Anderson earned Clayton a deserved place in the final.

Birkenshaw made the bold decision to switch their semi-final from a waterlogged East Bierley to nearby Liversedge and were rewarded with a 10-6 victory in a hard-fought match.

Birkenshaw led 6-2 at the interval thanks to a penalty from Jarrod Toulson and a try from hooker Ryan Bostock.

Undercliffe's Tim Hunt replied with a penalty.

The second half was a battle of the defences and Birkenshaw centre Simon Armitage manfully blunted the threat from Undercliffe's pacy centre Richard Cousen by tackling him out of the game.

A Toulson penalty and two-drop goals settled the match for Birkenshaw who had the man of the match in scrum half Phil Smith.

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