Saracens powered through to the next round of the Parker Pen Challenge Cup with a record-breaking 151-0 victory over Dynamo Bucharest at Vicarage Road on Sunday, taking the aggregate score to a staggering 238-11.

In a painfully one-sided contest, Sarries ran in 23 tries in a merciless display of exhibition rugby to eclipse their own record of 113-3 they set in January over the same opposition.

The encounter was a total mis-match with Sarries, fielding a starting XV side with over 250 international caps between them, proving far too strong for the Romanian minnows who were totally outclassed.

The rampant men in black, who will now meet French outfit Colomiers in the next round, scored ten tries in the first half and 13 in the second, including 14 different try-scorers, while Nicky Little and Adyran Winnan slotted eight conversion a piece, while Tim Horan, Matt Cairns and Christian Califano all tuning their hand to the kicking duties with success.

Run of play

7 minutes: Califano marks his first start for the club with try, powering over after a pass from Horan.

11 minutes: A storming run down the right-wing by Craig Quinnell creates a simple chance for Kris Chesney to dive over.

17 minutes: Quinnell scores his first try since his summer move from Cardiff after being set up by Horan

19 minutes: A surging run from Darragh O'Mahony sends Adryan Winnan free who dummies inside before going over in the left-hand corner.

25 minutes: Ben Johnston slices through the Bucharest defence for a fine solo effort.

26 minutes: Cairns, the hooker, shows a useful turn of speed to cut inside on the right wing and canter home from 20 metres.

28 minutes: A 70-metre dash from O'Mahony took him to the brink of the try-line before he unselfishly off-loaded to Horan for a simple score.

30 minutes: Neat footwork from Little sets up Tony Roques for a try.

32 minutes: A bulldozing run from Abdel Benazzi sets up Richard Haughton who burst home from 35 metres. Horan slots the conversion

40 minutes: O'Mahony shows the Romanians a clean pair of heels to sprint clear from inside his own half.

41 minutes: Horan dances over within a minute of the restart

43 minutes: The Wallaby's centre turns provider for Haughton to notch his second

45 minutes: Horan was again at the heart of the move that saw Chesney dive for his second after a pass from Quinnell.

47 minutes: Aston Croall sets free Haughton who scorches clear before slowing down and unselfishly laying on Croall's first try for the club.

50 minutes: Haughton again turns provider, this time O'Mahony is the beneficiary for his second.

53 minutes: A wonderful looping pass from Horan finds Cairns lurking on the left-wing who strolls over

55 minutes: Cairns completes his hat-trick with a solo effort from half-way and then kicks the conversion.

56 minutes: Ben Russell touches down with his first touch after coming on as a replacement a minute earlier.

59 minutes: Slick handling from Quinnell, Winnan and Haughton allows Johnston to wriggle over for his second.

65 minutes: Thomas Castaignede, playing at scrum-half, gets in on the act with a diagonal run to the right-hand corner.

75 minutes: Little tees up Croall, the young prop, for his second, while Califano kicks the conversion.

77 minutes: A neat jink inside form Tony Roques sets up Tom Shanklin to add to his five tries from the first leg.

79 minutes: Horan seizes on a handing error to flop over from five metres out.

Try scorers: Califano, Chesney 2, Quinnell, Winnan, Johnston 2, Cairns 3, Horan 3, Roques, Haughton 2, O'Mahony 2, Croall 2, Russell, Castaignede, Shanklin.

Conversion:

Little 8, Winnan 8, Horan, Cairns, Califano

Saracens: Winnan, Haughton, Horan, Johnston, O'Mahony, Little, Sparg; Croall, Cairns, Califano, Quinnell, Benazzi, Hooper, Roques, Chesney.

Castaignde for Sparg, 51; B Russell for Benazzi, 55; Marsters for Cairns and Shanklin for O'Mahony, 70. Yandell and Goode not used.

For a comprehensive match report and for all the news ahead of the crunch clash with Leicester Tigers on Sunday, October 27, don't miss Friday' edition (October 25) of The Watford Observer.

October 21, 2002 12:00