Sale Sharks crushed La Vila 69-10 and Worcester ran out 55-10 winners over Crociati in the Amlin Challenge Cup.
English duo run riot in Challenge Cup; Perpignan pin Dragons
Sale Sharks secured their biggest away victory in Europe with a 69-10 Amlin Challenge Cup win over Spanish champions La Vila.
Tom Brady and Richie Vernon both scored twice while Rob Miller added seven conversions in a 19-point haul, as the Sharks ran in 11 tries in Alicante.
Steve Diamond's team will become the first team to qualify for the quarter-finals of the competition if they beat Pool Five leaders Brive at Edgeley Park next Thursday.
Brady opened the scoring after 10 minutes before Joaquin Tuculet and Joe Ward followed. Welshman Tim Evans gave Sale a scare when he crossed to cut the lead to 17-10 but Miller hit back to secure a bonus point before Vernon grabbed his first on the stroke of half-time.
Will Cliff, Will Addison, Brady, Scott Mathie, Vernon and Jordan Davies all scored in the second half to seal an emphatic win.
Slim chance
Worcester travel to Paris next weekend with a slim chance of qualification from Pool One following their 55-10 win over
Crociati.
The Warriors brushed past the Italians by running in nine tries at Sixways to keep them within sight of
Stade Francais, who won 34-13 at
Bucharest Wolves.
Worcester must now beat Stade and deny the home team a bonus point to stand any chance of progressing to the knock-out stage for the first time in three years.
Errie Claassens crossed twice, either side of Alex Grove's score, before Andy Goode wrapped up a bonus point before half-time.
Tom Arscott took just two minutes of the second half to kick-start the rout before Josh Drauniniu, Ollie Hayes, Ben Gulliver and Miles Benjamin all followed for the club's biggest win of the season.
In the day's final fixture,
Perpignan recorded a 27-13 victory over the
Dragons at Stade Aime Giral, their tries coming from hooker Charles Geli and replacement second-row Robins Tchale Watchou.
With Exeter having picked up a maximum earlier on Saturday, USAP are now a point behind the Chiefs with one round left. They meet at Sandy Park next weekend.
