London Welsh were the odd ones out as Premiership clubs made it five from six in the opening round of the 2012/13 Amlin Challenge Cup.
London Welsh were the odd ones out as Premiership clubs made it five from six in the opening round of the 2012/13 Amlin Challenge Cup.
There were wins for Worcester Warriors - in their case a club tournament record points and tries against Bizkaia Gernika - Bath Rugby, Gloucester Rugby, London Irish and London Wasps.
"It was good news all round because we made a winning start to our Amlin Challenge Cup campaign, played some attacking rugby and saw a lot of guys return from injury," said Worcester head coach Richard Hill after the 85-5 romp.
"I was satisfied with a job well done and there was plenty to be happy about as we got a record win and scored a record number of tries.
"The danger when you lead 40-0 at half-time is that you lose your concentration and get sloppy in the second half, but I was pleased to see us score even more points and we were reasonably clinical in the second half
"It was great to see young Max [Stelling] get on the scoresheet but their try got the biggest cheer of the day and gave them some reward for their efforts. We can't begrudge them that."
Bath were also winners on the road, 40-17 at Bucharest Wolves with head coach Gary Gold declaring: "Bucharest is a tough place to get to so it was a case of getting the job done. We scored five tries, got the bonus point win we wanted and saw a lot of young guys get a good run.
"I must admit I didn't know what to expect as I have never been here before. They were physical and really up for the battle and it will be interesting to see how they get on in the other games.
"If I am critical, we lost our way a little at times and I am disappointed at conceeding the two tries. But that is European rugby and you and sometimes you have to dig in and wear teams down.
"It was our first away win in two years so tt was good to end that run. If you're going to do well in any competition you have to be able to win away. We knew very little about Bucharest but we got the job done."
