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An incredible 17 tries were scored by props and hookers in the first leg of Round 1 of the Parker Pen Challenge Cup, only four fewer than the tournament's wings.
Bath Rugby's tighthead prop Matt Stevens led the charge - literally - with a hat-trick in his side's 75-11 mauling of L'Aquila, and his membership of the Front Row Union looks in grave doubt.
Stevens' barnstorming runs weren't enough to clinch the man-of-the-match award, won by goal-kicking fly-half Olly Barkley.
NEC Harlequins loosehead prop Ceri Jones bagged a brace against Spanish club Cetransa El Salvador, with replacement hooker Tani Fuga also crossing.
Jones managed to score more tries in 20 minutes than illustrious Harlequins team-mate Jason Leonard has managed in a world record 113 Tests for England.
Rugby Rovigo scored only one try against French heavyweights Castres Olympique and it went to their Romanian tighthead prop Sorin Socaciu.
Brive hooker Yves Pedrosa scored in his side's 39-3 win over Viadana, while fellow No 2 Andre Gaubert bagged a try in Montauban's narrow home victory over London Irish.
Beziers hooker Dimitri Szarzewski scored the only try of the match as his side fell to six Eric Elwood (Connacht) goals, and Pau's Romanian Test hooker Marius Tincu scored a vital try in his side's 33-28 win over Rugby Parma.
Scottish hooker Robbie Russell was on the scoresheet for Saracens in the 45-13 win over Rugby Roma, while two members of the Montferrand front row - prop Levan Tsabadze and hooker Fabrice Brandon - scored in their side's 55-0 whitewash of Leonessa.
Finally, Colomiers coaches Hugues Miorin and Jean-Luc Sadourny knew what they were doing when they cleared their bench in the 48th minute of their match against Petrarca, with both replacement prop Sebastien Rondinelli (two) and replacement hooker Christophe Laurent scoring tries to secure a 37-12 victory.
