Newcastle Falcons maintained their perfect record in the Amlin European Challenge Cup with a thumping 45-3 victory over Albi. Wing Danny Williams opened the scoring with only seven minutes on the clock before prop Lawrence Ovens crossed with just over 20 minutes gone. New Zealand's Jimmy Gopperth and Charlie Amesbury also crossed the line to complete the seven-try rout, with Gopperth adding five conversions to finish with 15 points. In Sunday's other game, Leeds Carnegie put its poor Guinness Premiership form to one side with a 37-13 win over Rugby Parma. On Saturday, Wasps cruised to a convincing victory with a nine-try, 57-0 rout of Roma. Dan Ward-Smith and Dan Leo scored two tries apiece while Paul Sackey, Tom Varndell, Charlie Beech and Joe Ward all crossed, along with Eoghan Hickey, who added six conversions in a...
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