A TWICKENHAM treble is still on for two York schools.

St Peter's School's Under-15s and U18s teams are both through to the Daily Mail Schools' Cup semi-finals, while Millthorpe School U15s are also into the last four of the Daily Mail Schools' Vase competition.

A last-minute penalty by Jonathan Bairstow, son of the late England and Yorkshire cricketer David, sealed for St Peter's U15s an 8-7 win against Old Swinford's.

Their reward is a semi-final trip to the Castlecroft headquarters of the English Schools' Rugby Union in Wolverhampton, on March 5, where they will face St Benedict's School, in Ealing.

The U18s had a far more comfortable passage into the last four after romping to a 28-7 victory at home to RGS Worcester.

They will now face-off against the winners of Colston's Colliergate School and St Paul's, Barnes, in the semi-final also at Castlecroft, on February 26.

Millthorpe School's progress into the Daily Mail Vase semi-finals - and now like the St Peter's duo just one match away from Twickenham - was sealed after their U15s 12-12 draw with King Edward's VI in Aston, Birmingham.

Millthorpe went through on an away team rule to book a semi-final tie at Castlecroft on March 7.

Early nerves gave away an early try in the corner before a sense of self-belief pervaded the Millthorpe pack and they began to take control.

After turning round 5-0 down, the forwards finally stamped their authority and a quick break from the impressive Pat Smith created space for Tom Murphy to drive over the line and level.

The momentum had shifted to the visitors and Millthorpe made the most of it as Brian Wright burst through, picked up at number eight, handed off two players and scored a great individual try, which Mark Wilson converted.

At 12-5, the game should have been out of King Edward's' grasp, but a missed pass left an opening for a 60-yard try which was converted to level the score.

Updated: 08:52 Wednesday, February 09, 2005