Rabat 4
White Hart 2

The game, played in changing weather conditions – quite pleasant in the end – saw Rabat producing a commanding second-half performance to finish up worthy winners after falling behind twice.

White Hart went ahead in the 16th minute when a Daniel Sieffert shot into the D was deflected into his own net by Chris Bugeja.

Rabat then piled on the pressure but could not break through despite winning four penalty corners. This was mainly due to some top-drawer goalkeeping by White Hart’s Robert Vassallo Agius.

But Rabat did equalise in the 31st minute when Kevin Micallef hit home from the top of the D as the half-time whistle blew with honours even.

One minute into the second half, Paul Torpiano pushed home from close range following a fast-flowing move to put White Hart 2-1 ahead.

But that lead did not last long as two minutes later Mario Galea equalised for Rabat after a melee inside the D.

From then on it was all Rabat.

After Charlot Antonelli missed a sitter, followed by more heroics by Vassallo Agius in the White Hart goal, Jason Vella scored Rabat’s third to put them ahead for the first time in the match.

In the 53rd minute Rabat scored their fourth, through Josef Antonelli who capped an outstanding performance, and although they pressed further, winning another three penalty corners, the game ended with Rabat running out winners by a two-goal margin to set up a semi-final encounter against Qormi.

Umpires: Luke Busuttil Leaver, John Williams.