PAUL Roberts and James Bates both netted twice as Poppies eased into the third round of the Hampshire Senior Cup with a convincing 4-0 win over Hayling United at Victoria Park.

Roberts started the ball rolling with a 25th-minute opener before his second was sandwiched between strikes from substitute Bates in the 67th and 88th minutes.

Poppies: Harvell, Arnold, Byrne, Peprah-Annan, Crutcher, Blake, Roberts, Phillipson-Masters, Wilson, Glenister (Bates, 58), Wrixton (Aimson, 75). Unused subs: Toy, Chengadu, Vaughan (g/k).