Bedford Blues and Worcester Warriors set for Championship play-off final

Bedford eased past Coventry 58-24 last Friday, thanks to a flurry of six second-half tries and 28 points contributed by Will Maisey.

Visitors Coventry had claimed a first-half advantage and headed into the interval 12-10 in front, but in a try-laden second 40 – including half a dozen for the hosts, all of which were converted – the Blues proved far too strong and advanced to the final.

Maisey, Ryan Hutler, Alex Day, Archie Benson, Toby Thame and Dean Adamson all dotted down in the second half alone, a steady flow of points to which Coventry had no answer.

Worcester, meanwhile, dramatically beat table-topping Ealing Trailfinders with the final play of the match on Saturday to secure a 34-29 victory.

Jake Garside went over after 80 minutes were up, just minutes after Ealing had thought themselves victorious when Dan Jones broke through.

Ealing, who remarkably won all 26 Championship matches prior to the semi-final to finish top of the standings, trailed Warriors by 19 points in the first half after the visitors landed three tries.

The hosts roared back to nudge themselves in front at the death – only for Warriors to provide one final moment of drama, courtesy of Garside, and clinch a place in the final, against the odds.