GOSFORD All Blacks beat defending champions Blue Boar 27-17 to reach the final of the Oxfordshire Shield.

The BB&O Premier leaders will face Wheatley at Iffley Road on April 10.

All Blacks raced into a 14-0 lead with Sutton and Luke Newton going over. Both tries converted by Chris Bennett.

Robert Weaving was sin-binned for the visitors and his Blue Boar teammate George Sandbach then suffered a serious back injury.

Bennett kicked a penalty and despite Boar losing Tom Fillery and Seb Perry to the bin, George Lewis went over.

Giles Blanchard converted.

Ollie Lewis-Donaldson then ran in a second try for Boar.

After the break, a Will Watts three-pointer stretched Gosford’s lead, before Sutton crossed and Watts converted.

Boar refused to give up and Fillery scored a late try.

MARK Roberts kicked 18 points as Abingdon ended a three-match winless run with a 48-14 victory over Hungerford in the BB&O Premier.

James Webb (2), Gerard Coyne, Gareth Smith, Jamie Lochrie and Jamie Cummings crossed for tries.