Vagabonds edge closer

Vagabonds dismissed Southport 36-12 at Ballafletcher to claim a winning bonus point and move ever closer to fierce rivals Douglas in the league standings.

The bonus point was in the bag for Vagas by half-time with their four first half tries coming from Jamie Cooke, Leigh Kennaugh, Franzy Germishuys and a long range high speed multi-swerve effort from Rob Martin.

Kennaugh added one conversion to make it 22-0 at the break.

Vagas added two further tries in the second half, both scored by Ryan Windell and converted by Kennaugh.