Welsh Premier League leaders TNS knocked holders Rhyl out of the Welsh Cup with a comfortable win over their rivals at Wrexham's Racecourse Ground to join
Despite a bright early start for Rhyl which saw Lee Hunt waste a great chance to open the scoring his miss proved costly as TNS hit back with two well taken goals in a minute.
The first came on 20 minutes as Jamie Wood hit a left-foot strike on the run and Mike Wilde found the same bottom corner of the net after dispossessing defender Jamie Brewerton in the box.
Hope of a comeback for Rhyl came in the 82nd minute through Mark Powell's far post header but Scott Ruscoe's breakaway goal just minutes later sealed the win for TNS.
Both Rhyl and TNS knew who their final opponents would be as the first semi-final kicked off in Llanelli yesterday contested closely between
The only goal of the game came on 67 minutes as Kevin Aherne-Evans scored the decider at