Bath, who will surely find things a fair bit tougher when they travel to Agen in Round 2, were always running the show through their superior forward power with lock Will Spencer and hooker Ross Batty going over for first-half tries in a 40-17 victory.

Vesty - who ended up with a haul of 20 points that included three conversions and three penalties - got in on the act with ball in hand early in the second half for Bath's third try and Kane Palma Newport got their fifth at the death when both teams were reduced to 14 men during the closing stages.

The Wolves did have the satisfaction of scoring two tries themselves through Florin Surugiu and Christian Munteanu but Bath were off to the five-point flier they needed.